Jamb board has fixed 140 for universities and 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education as cutoff Mark

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed 140 for universities and 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education as cutoff Mark, see more details under.

JAMB Cutoff Mark 2024

We are delighted to inform the general public that The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)  fixed 100 as the minimum cut-off point mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education.

JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede announced this on Thursday in Abuja at the 2024 Policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The meeting had in attendance the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, vice-chancellors, rectors and registrars of higher institutions and other stakeholders.

Latest Age Entry for Jamb Admission

At the meeting, the minister directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates under 18 years old.

Though the announcement elicited mixed reactions from vice-chancellors, rectors and registrars present at the meeting, the minister decried the activities of some parents, who are pressuring their underage wards to get admission into tertiary institutions.

Mamman said that the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4 system of education.

“JAMB is hereby instructed from admission this year to admit only eligible students. That is those who have attained 18 years by our laws,” the minister.

He insisted that his position was backed by Nigeria’s law guiding admissions into tertiary institutions. He said it shouldn’t require a statement from him for that to be taken into consideration by admission bodies.

Our laws require students to be in school from six years – Yes, there are those who do that from five –  and remain in primary school for six years, basic education for three years, and secondary school for three years… It doesn’t require a statement of the minister… we are only restating what is in the law,” he added.

Professor Mamman added that for those who will not be able to gain admission into tertiary institutions, the Ministry of Education is taking skills to pupils from primary school.

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