Good News! Jamb To Reduce 180 Cut-Off Mark, Introduce New Flexible One (See Details)

The 180 cut-off mark for admission to tertiary
institutions may be reduced by the Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Speaking during the 2nd technical committee
meeting for 2016 admissions to tertiary institutions
in Nigeria, the registrar and chief executive of JAMB,
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said it became imperative to
reduce the cut-off mark due to the inability of some
of the institutions to implement the cut-off mark.
He said the decision of 180 as the 2016 national
cut-off mark was reached in a meeting of the board
of higher institutions and other stakeholders, The
Nation reports.
Oloyede explained that many institutions which were
part of the decision have expressed concern on their
inability to effect the cut-off mark.
“A large number of institutions, particularly the
budding ones, have applied for a waiver to enable
them admit candidates who in some instances
scored below 180 marks. For some, this may sound
unreasonable with the largely false impression that a
large percentage of those who score above 180 and
are qualified for admission cannot find any
placement in our institutions.
“I think this cry needs attention, otherwise, some of
these institutions whether public or privately-owned
may soon begin to wobble or even close shops. This
will be counter-productive and even defeat the
government olicy of expansion of access to higher
education and manpower development,” he said.
The JAMB registrar said the board has collated the
requests from the various Senates and Academic
Boards and have directed the pleas to appropriate
authorities.
He said: “Just this morning we received a green
light on flexible cut-off mark only for institutions
which have exhausted the list of candidates with
180 and above, subject of course to a minimum
acceptable to JAMB and meeting of other pre-
requisite.”
Oloyede noted that the board would not impose
candidates on any institution and no applicant will be
unjustifiably denied the opportunity of access to
tertiary institutions.
Recall that three weeks ago, JAMB had said that it
may cancel the use of general cut-off marks for
candidates of the Universities Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
The spokesperson of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin,
said there was an urgent need to reconsider the
current cut-off point of 180 for admission in order to
strengthen access to education, particularly for the
less-privileged.

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