JAMB Registrar Prof Ishaq Oloyede
2022 admission: JAMB sets 140 as cut-off mark for varsity entrance, 100 in polys, COEDs
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark into Nigerian universities for the 2022 admissions.
Also, the examinations body adopted 100 as the minimum score for polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COEDs) for the year 2022 admissions.
Unlike 2021, the adopted cut-off marks shows that institutions now have uniform cut-off marks for 2022 admissions.
JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede had earlier displayed the minimum cut-off marks adopted by tertiary institutions during the 2022 policy meeting on Thursday in Abuja.
A total number of 1,761,262 candidates applied for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board (UTME), while 98,270 applied for Direct Entry (DE) into the universities through the board.
According to Prof Oloyede, the merit quota for federal universities remains 45 percent; while that of the state universities falls between indigene quota and national quota.
“The National merit quota for State institutions is the first 10 percent irrespective of location of the candidate, 35percent allowed to indigenes of the state,” he said.
The meeting further resolved that December 31 should be the deadline for 2022 admissions into all public institutions and private institutions across the country for both Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.
