Stakeholders on the nations Tertiary Institutions have approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively.
The cut-off mark, for 2024 admission into tertiary institutions was arrived at during the 2024 annual policy meeting on admissions Chaired by the Minister of Education , Prof Tahir Mamman in Abuja.
Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof Is-haq Oloyede, who announced the cutoff marks, explained that individual institutions were at liberty to raise their minimum benchmark but not beyond what was approved for various institutions.
Earlier, Education Minister Prof Mamman in his remarks called for enforcement of 18 years as the new minimum admission age for admission into tertiary institutions in the country.
The policy was instantly objected by the stakeholders, a development that turned the session into a rowdy one. However, after some interventions, the minister rescinded the decision with adoption of 16 as the minimum age requirement for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2024 academic session.
The annual policy meeting on education was attended by Heads of Tertiary Institutions from across the country including admission officers.
