The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and stakeholders are to meet to decide the minimum admission cut-off mark for the 2021\/2022 academic session.<\/p>\n
According to the Weekly Bulletin of Board obtained in Abuja on Sunday, the meeting which is scheduled for August 31 would be presided over by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.<\/p>\n
JAMB had last year set 160 and above as the cut-off mark for admission into universities, 120 for polytechnics and 100 for colleges of education. The Board is expected to announce the 2021 cut-off for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) after the meeting.<\/p>\n
According to the Bulletin, the decision would be reached on the new minimum cut-off marks and other admission issues in a policy meeting.<\/p>\n
The meeting, which has been approved by its chairman, Minister of Education would have all heads of tertiary institutions, heads of regulatory agencies in the sector, among other stakeholders in attendance.<\/p>\n
The bulletin read: \u201cThis (policy) meeting kick-starts the admission process into the nation\u2019s tertiary institutions. It will discuss critical issues emanating from the presentation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry applications, in addition to setting the tone for the 2021\/2022 Admission exercise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe meeting is expected to chart policy directions for the nation\u2019s tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines and present application statistics, candidates\u2019 performance as well as evaluate the 2020 Admission exercise.<\/p>\n
\u201d The meeting, in addition to other deliberations, would take a stand on acceptable minimum admissions standards to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven the critical nature of the decisions to be taken at the meeting, it would be streamed live on the Board\u2019s website, www.jamb.gov.ng, on its Facebook handle \u201c@JAMBULLETIN\u201d and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n