Admission cutoff pegged at 180, 150

THE least mark for admission into universities in Nigeria for the 2014/2015 academic session has been pegged at 180; and 150 for polytechnics and colleges of education.
The Policy Committee, made up of vice chancellors, rectors, provosts and registrars of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education arrived at the benchmarks at the 5th Combined Policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions held at the National Universities Commission on Tuesday.
At the meeting, chaired by the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde said 1,584,348 (97.07 per cent) candidates who sat for the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) applied to degree awarding institutions or universities; while 25,767 (1.57 per cent) and 22,072 (1.34 per cent) applied to study at the colleges of education and polytechnics. Only 46 representing 0.003 percent applied to study in the innovation and vocational enterprise institutions where they would earn the National Innovations Diploma (NID).
source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/admission-cutoff-pegged-at-180-150/

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