THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has dropped the national cut-off mark.

Every one of the country's tertiary establishments is now approved to fix its admission cut-off mark.

The decision was announced by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu at thr 2021 policy meeting. 

As of now, colleges, polytechnics and schools of instruction have sent their different cut-off marks to JAMB. 

ehTe Registrar of JAMB Prof. Is-haq Oloyede said a few institutions, for example, University of Maiduguri proposed 150, Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto proposed 140, Pan Atlantic University proposed 210, University of Lagos 200, Lagos State University190, Covenant University190, Bayero University Kano, 180. 

The deadline for submissions for cut-off marks is October 29, 2021.

On the matter on the deadline for admissions, they couldn't concede to the December 31, 2021 cutoff time for every single public institution or January 31st 2022.

Partners likewise took on the 2021 admissin rules, which give that all applications topart time or full time programs for degree, NCE, OND, and others should be posted distinctly through JAMB. 

The gathering supported that for Direct Entry, DE, the greatest score a competitor can introduce is 6 and the base is 2 or E, as legally necessary. 

Talking on other affirmation models, he said the applicants particulars should be transferred on CAPS and suggested by the foundation, JAMB endorses and the applicant acknowledges the proposal of admission.

He said if applicants did not accept their offers, the institutions  can change the applicant subsequent to advising JAMB. 

Additionally endorsed were the rules that each establishment is at freedom to admit applicants dependent on its own base score.

The gathering additionally settled that each institution  ought to keep up with its own base score as endorsed by the approach meeting. 

As indicated by the partners, the 2021 affirmations will be directed distinctly through CAPS, no organization is permitted to accept applicants without their particulars being uploaded on CAPS. 

Oloyede further revealed that for 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the board is presenting two new subjects: Computer studies and physical and health education, bringing to a total of 25 subjects.

Prison inmates, visually impaired and foreign candidates have been exempted from sitting for post UTME exercise.

Talking on the 2020 affirmations, Oloyede said out of the 956,809 spaces in the 962 advanced education foundations in the country around 600,000 have so far been admitted. 

While saying there are numerous spaces that have not been filled in a few courses because of absence of qualified candidates, Oloyede said private colleges in the nation only admitted  36,381 applicants  out of the 120,938 spaces accessible to them. 

Minister of Education, Adamu, praised JAMB for presenting utilization of National Identification Number, NIN, in the enrollment process for UTME. 

Addressed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, the pastor said the utilization of NIN definitely diminished assessment misbehavior in the 2021 test, adding that the West African Examination Council, WAEC, will likewise follow comparative way by taking on required utilization of NIN. 

“I am enthused  that the last examination recorded the lowest the lowest cases of examination irregularities in the history of the Board because those who will normally have exploited the weak links through biometrics infractions had been effectively check-mated  with the introduction of NIN by JAMB.. . 

“It is gratifying  that the WAEC has decided to follow the path of using NIN to curb examination malpractices. The Ministry is presently considering other ways of using using the NIN to uncover some other admission irregularities and all perpetrators including their collaborators in the institutions would be made to face the consequences. “

On unlawful admissions being led by some tertiary organizations, the priest communicated worries that the public authority's mandate that all admissions ought to be done through JAMB's Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS, is being abused. 

He guided JAMB to outfit government with the rundown o said institution for important disciplines. 

“It is saddening that despite the clear directives at previous policy meetings some institutions still illegally admitted candidates outside CAPS. I consider such act as a direct affront on the system and appropriate sanctions shall be applied on those found to have been in such disruptive act.

“Similarly, any institution that issued admission letter to candidates outside CAPS will be punished for such gross indiscipline and fraud.

” The consequence of admissions conducted outside of CAPS  is grievous. It subjects the candidates to gloom future as nemesis of illegal admission awaits them at the completion of study when it will be impossible to take full advantage of the acquired certificates.

“As a demonstration of our resolve, I have directed JAMB to bring forward for appropriate sanctions, the list of all institutions involved in the violation of the directive of government which was was personally conveyed by me at the 2018 policy meeting in Gbongan, Osun State.”