Why has JAMB reduced its cut off mark to almost nothing?
According to Daily post, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday July 21, 2022, approved 140 and above as the national minimum cut-off mark for admission into public universities in 2022. The board approved 100 for Colleges of Education, 120 for Polytechnics and 140 for Universities.
When we got in to the University back then, the cut off mark was 250, i even scored 230 twice and was refused.
Maybe the total has changed as well sha. Maybe it’s no longer over 400 but over 200 because that’s the only way I can explain this ridiculousness
ReplyDeleteThe total is 400.
DeleteThe total is still 400,my son made 292. My niece 264. The both did maths,physics, chemistry and biology.
DeleteBig brother najiaaaa
DeleteIf you have children in this country, try as much as you can to get them out, the standard of education is dwindling.
DeleteThe funny thing is that your child may get 256 and another would get 145 yet get into school before your child due to connection or tribe.
It doesn’t even make sense.
Just get the children out
Push up (original)
Stella don't worry yourself,The marks reduction still doesn't count.
ReplyDeleteThey will still admit students according to the highest bidders,No be this country again😅
With this new cut off Mark na everybody go pass the funny thing be say person wey go still score below 100 go still dey
ReplyDeleteI think the populace is getting dumber, the younger generation have impaired mental capacity probably due to the proliferation of social media and other vices that act as a distraction.
ReplyDeleteThey get addicted and they won’t study, won’t read books, won’t engage in any mentally stimulating activities but would be stuck 24/7 making cringe tiktoks and tweeting asinine bullshit on Twitter. That’s just my theory.
So true 🙌🏽
DeleteThanks. They're on the internet,no studying again
DeleteActually, JAMB cut-off is the minimum any Tertiary institution can accept. Universities will decide their own cut-off marks for each course but will not go lower than 140. This is to accommodate institutions in the north where the bar is pretty low and also private Universities. JAMB does not admit students into Universities. They only regulate.
DeleteSmarter phones
DeleteStupider young people
Of course, you had to make it a tribal or regional issue. Contrary to popular stereotype, there are smart northerners. That more southerners go to school doesn't mean they are smarter or need a lower mark to gain admission. If you don't know why the score was lowered, say so. Don't conclude on tribal basis because Hausa-Fulani are not the only people in northern universities
DeleteYou are right anonymous 14:26. Since most private varsities offer admission the the leftovers, apart from their primary ones who picks them their first choice. That 140 is the minimum score than can be admitted. Also having less than 33% pass, it's just normal to have such barely minimum score point as the cut off mark.
DeleteI concur@ snarker
DeleteYou're voting for a party and same individuals that told you that "education will be a priority"
ReplyDeleteThis is the 5th month of the strike. In a few days, it will be the 6th month.
The cut off mark to gain admission is now 140 for UNIVERSITY.
What does this tell you? All and sundry, dunces and nincompoops can just dash into the exam hall without reading, copy from your neighbor or do guess work, get 140 and walk majestically into University of Ibadan.
Kai, we must get it right in 2023.
An association of dullards who never went to school can never value education
University of Ibadan ke! 😊Even if they sail through, they would be 'tsunamised' the first year...except things have changed.
DeleteThe minister of education is from where? Nai dem sabi. Afteroh according to Sisikponya our fiful still dey strike
ReplyDeleteI and my younger sis discussed this issue last night.I felt so sorry for the low standard now.In my first jamb I scored 270 yet I didn't gain admission into pharmarcy because the standard were really high. The last jamb I scored 200 without preparation because I was tired of studying and yet the schools won't pick me despite scoring high in jamb and post ume.I hope it's not because of the less educationally privileged areas in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteApply to nursing school
DeleteOut of 1.7M+ wey take the exam na only 300k+ scored above 200.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Which is why the cut-off is that low.
DeleteIt was 200. During my time. Can you blame them for reducing it when half of each year ASUU is on strike. Schools haven't even admitted new intake for two years now so why put high cut-off?
ReplyDeleteThis ‘school leaving’ generation are unenthusiastic about furthering their education or losing sleep over Jamb scores basically because of this your comment @Bianca Bruno, you just know.
DeleteI meaaan, the ones wey just enter, never dey learn;
The ones wey don dey learn since, never graduate;
The ones wey don graduate never get job;
The ones wey don get job never fit save 10k;
Na frustrating cycle ..
Truth is, most of them are exploring different ideas and looking for money already.
Its certain to them that a degree does not bring success, its Intellect, Innovations, creativity and consistency.
Don't underestimate them, they just might be smarter than us.
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HoneyBee 🥰
I do not think we should politicise the issue of cut-off mark for public universities. Traditionally, the cut-off mark is not static. It is actually set to reflect the national average scores.For the cut-off mark to be set so low this year can only mean that the average scores are generally low. It is a sad pointer to the worrying state of our educational institutions at all levels. Our younger ones are getting less and less interested in educational development. We should all be concerned!
ReplyDeleteThank you
DeleteThank you! People prefer to conclude without evidence
DeleteTrue
DeleteIts bcos of the Hausa/fulani ppl dat dont know anything.....cut off Mark has always been low at dat zone to encourage them to go to school. And the Minister of Education is their fellow Aboki so he will approve it.
ReplyDeleteNo, it is not. Cut off mark in ABU and Bayero and other universities in the north are the same as elsewhere. Stop spreading misinformation, please. Those of us who went to those schools worked as hard as others in other states and are doing well. We don't dumb down grades for students to pass. Ask anyone who studied at good northern universities and you will know. The reduction may be a reflection of national statistics. The entire system is in crisis. Even if the cutoff is 50, people who don't want a university education will not get one.
DeleteExcuse you
DeleteI am an Abusite and Hausas were admitted into the university to study medicine and law based on their zones after postUME.
Someone from the east or west needed to have higher scores before getting admission into these faculties. So please tell me another story, and so you know my father was a lecturer.
Push up (original)
Social media is distracting students now.. they dont read anymore.. they are so shallow now with airhead..
ReplyDeleteWhen the children are busy with other things instead of reading nko?
ReplyDeleteI am sure its cos they have large percentage that score below 200.
Na becos of ndi awusa dem do am. There you go see person wey get less than 100 wey dey study medicine.
ReplyDeletePlease which university will process admission with this year’s results when everything is presently on hold due to the strike?
ReplyDeleteSunshine BV
My first jamb I scored 198 and couldn't write post ume because cut off was 200 cryed my eyes out cos of two marks
ReplyDeleteJamb know what they are doing.
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, if u no see 320-350, no dream 'Medicine'. Cut off was generally 250 for most other courses.
ReplyDeleteSmart phones and focused study hardly fit in the same sentence. I don't even recommend them for any student at all, including undergrads.
Chai!, Even with my 232 in the 90s I wasn't given admission to study my first love, law. Our educational system is becoming dwindling by the day, no thanks to social media.
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