The board has also pegged the cut-off marks for admission into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COE) at 150. These were arrived at on Tuesday, after debate by stakeholders, including vice chancellors, Rectors and Provosts at the fifth combined policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions held at the National Universities Commission (NUC). JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, who made this known while speaking with newsmen, said the decisions were unanimously accepted by all stakeholders at the meeting. Chairman of the Board, Mr Eze, however, urged the institutions to strictly adhere to 60:40 Science to Arts ratio for conventional institutions and the 70:30 Technology to non-Technology ratio for specialised institutions, which were aimed at entrenching the technical advancement of the country. Eze equally urged both federal and state-owned institutions to abide by the guidelines approved by their proprietors to promote unity, integration, geographical spread and equity. “Accordingly, the 45:35:20 admissions quota for the merit, catchment area and educationally-less-developed states criteria should be complied with by federal institutions,” he said. Out of the 1.6 million candidates that took the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board – JAMB examination, 231,000 scored 200 marks and above, including a physically challenged girl in Osun who wrote with her toes – she scored 219. Imo state leads with the highest number of marks.
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