The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has set the minimum tolerance score for admissions into Universities at 140 and minimum score into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education at 100.
According to JAMB, this is recommendation of the stakeholders at the on going Policy Meeting in Abuja.
Mr Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB’s Registrar, mentioned that the scores were minimum tolerance and not cut-off marks, to avoid misunderstanding among candidates.
Apparently, the meeting which has heads of tertiary institutions in the country, and other stakeholders, sets the tone for admissions into tertiary institutions in the country.
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