JAMB Sets Date To Determine 2024/2025 Admission Cut-Off Marks

JAMB will hold a policy meeting on July 18, 2024, to determine cut-off marks and admission guidelines for the 2024/2025 academic year

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has scheduled a policy meeting for the 2024/2025 admission exercise for tertiary institutions in the country on Friday, July 18, 2024.

The meeting will set the minimum cut-off marks for colleges of education, polytechnics, and universities and establish admission guidelines.

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This announcement was made in JAMB’s weekly bulletin, released on Monday by the Board Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.

The policy meeting, chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, will include stakeholders such as the National Universities Commission (NUC), the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the National Council for Colleges of Education (NCCE), heads of tertiary institutions, and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others.

The statement noted, “During the exercise, the Registrar will present reports on the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the ongoing Direct Entry (DE) applications, while also analyzing key performance indicators that could shape the policy directions of the government.”

“Also, the meeting would apprise stakeholders of the salient issues that cropped up in the course of the previous year’s admission exercise. In addition, the policy meeting would look at the performance of candidates in the current year’s UTME in order to determine the year’s minimum admissible score.

“It would be recalled that stakeholders had in the previous year agreed on the minimum admission requirement for admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

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“Furthermore, the meeting would determine the year’s admission requirements while kick-starting the admission process for the current year; discuss unresolved issues emanating from the previous academic year; and, at the same time, appraise the compliance of stakeholders with extant advisories and suggesting further amendments where necessary.”

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