The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has approved cut-off marks for universities and polytechnics in the land.
This came following a deliberation among officials of JAMB, Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission and the National Board for Technical Education and others.
Cut-off mark for the polytechnics is 120 while that of universities is 140.
Report had it that the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed at the 2022 policy meeting that only 378,639 of the 1,761,338 who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 and above.
He stated that 378,639 scored above 200; a total of 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above; 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192,057 scored 160 and above.
According to him, the board allowed candidates with awaiting results to register for the 2022 UTME.
“JAMB allowed awaiting results candidates to register and sit for the 2022 UTME. These candidates can’t be considered for admission on awaiting result status.
“They must present their O’Level results on the board’s portal before the commencement of admissions,” he said.
