Jamb reduces cut-off mark

Reports indicate that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a reduction in its cut-off mark for students seeking admission into tertiary institutions.
The examination body has reduced the cut-off mark to 180 for admission to degree programmes, and 150 for national certificate in education, national diploma and national innovation diplomas.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will hold its 2015 Policy meeting on July 14 to determine cut-off marks for admission of candidates into tertiary institutions.
This was revealed in a statement signed by Mr. Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Relations Officer.
According to the statement, the 2015 Policy Meeting which usually comes up with the cut-off point has been fixed for 14th July, 2015. This meeting defines the criteria for the year’s admissions into higher institutions.
The statement further revealed that the cut- off points are arrived at after extensive deliberations with vice-chancellors of universities, provosts of colleges of education, rectors of polytechnics, monotechnics as well as innovative enterprise institutions and other stakeholders.
The meeting was usually held after the schools would have completed the Computer Based tests (CBT). The statement said that the CBT had assisted the board to fight against examination malpractice within the nation’s examination system.
The CBT initiative had helped to address the numerous challenges confronting the conduct of public examination in the country.
Source: ynaija