Universities to issue separate cut-off marks for admissions henceforth
The Federal Government on Monday gave tertiary institutions in the country a go ahead to issue their own cut-off marks for admission of students, instead of the former general cut-off mark of 180.
Prof. Anthony Anwukah, Minister of State for Education, gave this instruction after a one-day interactive forum with Chief Executives under the Ministry in Abuja.
Anwukah said that government had arrived at this decision to revoke the uniform cut-off marks for admission into all tertiary institutions in the country on the basis that it defaulted consideration and rationale.
He also gave his approval of the decision by JAMB to reduce its cut-off marks for admission of students into tertiary institutions.
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According to Anwukah, “It does not make any sense subjecting candidates who are seeking admission into Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education to the same cut-off marks when the durations and contents of their courses are radically different.”
The minister again emphasized that admission into tertiary institutions remains the responsibility of the Senate or the Academic Board of such institutions alone.
As for Universities, Prof. Anwukah said, “Senate admits, Senate graduates, full stop.”
In view of all the new adjustments, JAMB has also been directed to declare unclaimed admission slots into all Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education on a course by course basis at the end of the first phase of the admission process, so as to allow students or parents claim such slots.
The newly adopted measure of issuing separate cut-off marks for admission will take effect from 2017/2018 session.
