JAMB official cut-off marks for 2024 admissions announced

JAMB has approved the official minimum cut-off mark for 2024/2025 admissions for Universities, polytechnic and Colleges of Education. This was part of the decision taken at the 2024 policy meeting  held in Abuja and chaired by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.

For universities, 140 was approved as the national minimum cut-off mark for admission this year while 100 was approved for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

It was also decided that every institution can set its minimum UTME score acceptable to it for admission. For Direct Entry admissions, every institution will determine the number of points required by it for direct entry admission. Institution will not be allowed to offer admission to candidates whose total score or points is below the minimum score set by the institution and approved at the Policy Meeting.

It was also decided that all applications for regular and non-regular admissions to tertiary institutions must be routed through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in conformity with its enabling law. The meeting also called for all stake holders to ensure that all admissions run through the JAMB Central Admission Processing System (JAMB CAPS).

This means that schools will begin announcing their Post-UTME sales forms and screening dates soon. The time to start your preparation is now. Get the official Post-UTME Past Questions and Answers of the various schools. Click here to get yours now.

The board also pegged the amount for Post-UTME screening at N2,000. According to JAMB, any institution interested in conducting any form of screening could do so, but the charge for the screening should not exceed N2,000 only.

The misniter of Education also directed JAMB to ensure they enforce 18 years as the minimum age for admission as from next year. According to him, the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4 system of education.