Finally JAMB Releases Universities and Polytechnics Admission Cut-Off Marks

Finally, after a long wait, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has come out with the cut-off marks for 2014 admissions into universities and polytechnics.The marks released are the same for last year

The cut-off points were arrived at on Tuesday, after the 5th Combined Policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions, held at the National Universities Commission in Abuja. The cut off marks are...

180 for universities while polytechnics and colleges of education were put at 150, respectively.

The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, who declared the meeting open, frowned on the inability of most tertiary institutions to utilise their admission quota. Wike, however, said in view of efforts to boost access, institutions which failed to utilise their admission quota for 2014 would be sanctioned.

The Registrar and Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, in his presentation gave a statistical run down of candidates’ preference for tertiary education.

He said after the conduct of the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, candidates who applied for degree awarding institutions totalled 1,584,348, representing 70 per cent; National Certificate in Education applicants totalled 25,767 representing 1.6 per cent; National Diploma, a paltry 22,072, representing 1.3 per cent while National Innovation Diploma had just 46, representing 0.003 per cent.

Ojerinde complained that Nigeria’s educational system has consistently failed to embrace technical education in its quest for industrialisation, noting that the British system which Nigeria copied now award degree in all its polytechnics.

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JAMB sets 180 as cut-off point for 2011 admission

After a long deliberation at a combined policy meeting of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), held on Thursday in Abuja at the auditorium of the National Universities Commission, education leaders agreed on a cut-off benchmark for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held nation-wide on June 18th, 2011.

For the universities, a cut-off point of 180 was decided, while 160 is for those going to the Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i, minister of Education, therefore issued a strong warning to university authorities that it would no longer tolerate what it described as random admissions as well as late submission of list of admitted candidates into the universities.

The minister, who spoke while declaring the meeting open, lamented the hitches this brought during the 2010 admission process and appealed to all institutions to adhere to admission guidelines so as to maintain a sustainable and healthy academic calendar.

"I wish to remind all institutions on the adherence to admissions time-table as prepared by the JAMB. Last year, this was seriously abused as many institutions were still making submissions to the board up to May 2011. May I remind all institutions to follow the guidelines with regard to issues like the criteria of merit, quota, educationally less developed states, catchment area and the 60:40 science/arts ratio," she said.

"To this end, the decisions you take and the discretion you exercise in the course of this meeting will be critical as these will go a long way in the realisation of our nation's aspirations and the current administration's goal of delivery on the social contract as well as being among the top twenty economies in the world by the year 20:2020."

Sam Ukpabi, chairman of JAMB said the combined policy meeting was vital to the educational development because admission of qualified candidates to the nation's tertiary institutions will be addressed.

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JAMB Cut Off Marks 2011 For Various Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics

JAMB & Post UTME list of Cut Off Marks For Various Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics for 2011/2012 session.

Below is a list of cut off marks for some Nigerian universities.

This list will let you know if you are eligible to write the post UTME exams of your selected school.

Note: This list is tentative, pending the official release of the Post UTME details of the various schools.

Federal University of Technology FUT, Minna – 190

Kwara Polytechnic, – 180

University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT – 200/180 depending on course

Federal University of Technology Owerri, FUTO – 180 UTME cutoff

Kaduna State University, KASU – 180 UTME cutoff (first choice only)

Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH – 180 cutoff

University of Ibadan, UI – 200 (First choice only)

Lagos State University, LASU – 200

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU – 180

Imo State University IMSU,now Evan Enwerem University EEU – 180

University of Benin, UNIBEN – 200

Anambra State University,ANSU – No official figure probably 180

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU/UNIZIK – 180 first choice only (no official proof yet)

Enugu State University of Science & Tech – 180

Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA – 200

Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU – 200

Adekunle Ajasin University – 200 (minimumUTME score)

Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED – 180 (first choice only)

University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN – 200 (minimum UTME cut-off)

Rivers State University ofScience and Technology, RSUST – 180 (1st choice only)

University of Agriculture, Abeokuta UNAAB – 180 (minimum UTME cut-off)

Delta State University, Abraka, DELSU – 180 (minimum UTME cut-off)

Abia State University, Uturu, ABSUU – 180

University of Ilorin, Unilorin – 200 (240 for medicine)

University of Lagos – 200(minimum post UTME cutoff)

Niger Delta University – 180 Cutoff mark will vary depending on your chosen course.

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