Support fixes cut-off marks for 2022 affirmations
The choices on the cut-off marks were reached at the 2022 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Degree, Nigerian Certificate of Education (NCE) and National Diploma (ND).
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and tertiary training partners on Thursday in Abuja took on 140 as the base cut-off mark for 2022 entrance into the country’s colleges.
The cut-off mark for polytechnics and universities of schooling was fixed at 100.
The choices on the cut-off marks were reached at the 2022 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Degree, Nigerian Certificate of Education (NCE) and National Diploma (ND) continuous at the International Conference Center, Abuja.
The gathering is being led by the Minister of Education, Adamu.
In his introduction, Mr Adamu cautioned Nigerian tertiary foundations against unlawful affirmations, saying all entrance into the country’s colleges, Polytechnic and universities of schooling should be handled through the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS).
The clergyman said any head of tertiary establishment found participating in unlawful confirmations would be arraigned regardless of whether the infractions are distinguished after their residencies.
At the gathering, a goal was arrived at that “Each foundation is at freedom to decide the base UTME score satisfactory to it for confirmation. Also, for Direct Entry affirmations, every foundation will decide the quantity of focuses expected by it for direct passage confirmation. By and by, no establishment can suggest or concede any up-and-comer with under two focuses for direct passage.
“Along these lines, no establishment can concede/acknowledge the exchange of a possibility for any degree program except if the competitor has invested on full-energy, at the very least two sequential meetings in the organization.”
The gathering additionally settled that “no establishment will be permitted to suggest or concede any up-and-comer whose all out score is underneath the base score proposed by the foundation and supported by the Policy Meeting. The entirety of all scores being utilized for the positioning of the applicant will be considered in deciding the rate least score.”
