Just In: JAMB set to scrap general cut-offs for UTME
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– JAMB has said that it may cancel the use of general cut-off marks for candidates of the UTME
– The examination body says the cut-off marks are currently being subjected to debates.
JAMB says it is no longer feasible to have all tertiary institutions have the same admission cut-off marks The uniform cut-off points for admitting candidates that took the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination may be canceled, says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Candidates writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
The issue of cut-off marks as currently being used for admission, it said, should be subjected to national debate by stakeholders. The spokesperson of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the indication in a statement he issued on behalf of its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, on Sunday evening in Abuja.
He said a situation where universities, polytechnics and colleges of education were subjected to the same cut-off marks was no longer tenable because it prevented the institutions from admitting candidates of their choice.
Tertiary institutions, he sated, should be allowed to determine the kind of candidates they want to admit. He added that 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. Benjamin said:
“The uniformity of cut-off marks doesn’t make any sense when colleges (of education) and polytechnics admit for national certificate of education and diplomas, while universities admit for degrees. Yet, we subject them to the same cut-off marks, thereby starving these tiers of institutions from admitting candidates who, if not engaged, may likely become easy prey to social vices.
“This means that if a University wants 250 as minimum cut-off marks, why not? And if another wants less so be it. If a Polytechnic like YABATECH (Yaba College of Technology) wants 250 as cut-off marks, let them admit and if Gboko Polytechnic in Benue State where I come from wants less than 200, let them admit.
– The examination body says the cut-off marks are currently being subjected to debates.
JAMB says it is no longer feasible to have all tertiary institutions have the same admission cut-off marks The uniform cut-off points for admitting candidates that took the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination may be canceled, says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Candidates writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
The issue of cut-off marks as currently being used for admission, it said, should be subjected to national debate by stakeholders. The spokesperson of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the indication in a statement he issued on behalf of its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, on Sunday evening in Abuja.
He said a situation where universities, polytechnics and colleges of education were subjected to the same cut-off marks was no longer tenable because it prevented the institutions from admitting candidates of their choice.
Tertiary institutions, he sated, should be allowed to determine the kind of candidates they want to admit. He added that 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. Benjamin said:
“The uniformity of cut-off marks doesn’t make any sense when colleges (of education) and polytechnics admit for national certificate of education and diplomas, while universities admit for degrees. Yet, we subject them to the same cut-off marks, thereby starving these tiers of institutions from admitting candidates who, if not engaged, may likely become easy prey to social vices.
“This means that if a University wants 250 as minimum cut-off marks, why not? And if another wants less so be it. If a Polytechnic like YABATECH (Yaba College of Technology) wants 250 as cut-off marks, let them admit and if Gboko Polytechnic in Benue State where I come from wants less than 200, let them admit.
