FG scraps Post Utme And pegged Cut Off Mark to 180

This is to notify Utme Students that Federal Government has scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into
higher institution across the country.

The Minister of Education, Mallam
Adamu Adamu, said this earlier on
Thursday in Abuja after declaring
open the 2016 Combined Policy
Meeting on Admissions to
Universities, Polytechnics and other
institutions.
Minister Adamu Adamu expressed his
confidence in the examination
conducted by JAMB and included that
there was no need for other
examination to be conducted by
universities after JAMB.
Mallam Adamu said: “As far as I am concerned the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing.

The universities should not be holding another examination and if the universities have any complain
against JAMB let them bring it and
then we address it. “If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have
conducted test then there will be no
need to conduct another test for
students to gain admission.” The Minister also asked the JAMB to stop extra charges on several categories of changes on admissions such as the change of course, change of institutions and others.

Meanwhile, the JAMB has pegged
the cut – off mark for admission for
2016 at 180.
The 180 cut- off mark, applies to all
universities and higher institutions
in the country, including
polytechnics, colleges of education,
and others except Federal Universities like Unilag, UI and others.