Jamb Releases Cut-Off Marks

The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board,
JAMB, has released the cut-off marks for the
2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination,
UTME.
The board retained the existing 180 cut-off mark
for admission into universities in Nigeria.
It also pegged the cut-off marks for admission
into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COE)
at 150.
The board arrived at this after a debate by
stakeholders, including Vice Chancellors, Rectors
and Provosts at the fifth combined policy meeting
on admissions to tertiary institutions held at the
National Universities Commission (NUC), Abuja.
JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Professor
‘Dibu Ojerinde, who made this disclosure while
speaking with newsmen, said the decisions were
unanimously accepted by all stakeholders at the
meeting.
Chairman of the Board, Mr Eze, however, urged
the institutions to strictly adhere to 60:40 Science
to Arts ratio for conventional institutions and the
70:30 Technology to non-Technology ratio for
specialised institutions, which were aimed at
entrenching the technical advancement of the
country.
Eze equally urged both federal and state-owned
institutions to abide by the guidelines approved
by their proprietors to promote unity, integration,
geographical spread and equity.
“Accordingly, the 45:35:20 admissions quota for
the merit, catchment area and educationally-less-
developed states criteria should be complied with
by federal institutions.” He said.