JAMB Adopts Minimum Points For Admission Into Varsities’, Polytechnics, COE

…May Allow Candidates Write UTME With Personal Devices In Future

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted the National Minimum Tolerable admission score of 140 into universities and 100 into polytechnics and colleges of education.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede who made this known at the 2023 Policy Meeting of Tertiary Institutions on Saturday in Abuja, noted that all institutions in the country either public or private, must not go below the approved points.

Oloyede further added that every tertiary institution must ensure its own minimum standard which must not be lower than 50 marks especially institutional screening and grading of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) also, institutions must not collect more than N2,000 as screening fees from candidates.

He said: ”All institution must abide by this minimum point. This means that no institution can go below the standard.

”For the 15 private universities that demanded between 120 and 130 as minimum points, note that the 140 is sacrosanct and must not be violated. This is because the system put in place will not recognise 139, so ensure you comply.”

Meanwhile, Oloyede has hinted that the board was proposing a policy that would allow candidates wishing to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) use their personal phone devices to take the examination, due to the rising cost of logistics in taking the examination nationwide.

The policy which falls under the “Bring Your Own Device” may require candidates wishing to take UTME in the future to bring their own devices to the examination hall.

According to Oloyede, it costs the Board over N1.2billion to equip a CBT centre in Kaduna state, particularly in procuring computers which candidates use to take the examination.

The JAMB registrar who also condemned the wide disparity in admission quotas in the country, urged aspiring undergraduates to explore other options within the tertiary education sector; polytechnics and colleges of education in particular.