The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 160 as the national minimum benchmark for admission into public universities for the 2019/2020 academic session.
The decision was reached at a policy meeting with universities and other tertiary institutions across the country on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.
The review also affected the minimum benchmark for admission into private universities which has been set at 140 scored in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
One hundred and twenty UTME score has been approved for admission into public polytechnics, while candidates will be required to score at least 110 to gain admission into private polytechnics.
JAMB faced intense public backlash when it reduced the cutoff mark for university admission from 180 to 120 in 2017, with many knocking it as a setback for the nation’s education sector. The commission raised it to 140 last year.
The cutoff score stood at 200 for a number of years, with 400 being the maximum score.
