Nigerian universities peg minimum benchmark score for admission to 140
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Stakeholders in the education sector have agreed that no institution will go below 140 as a minimum benchmark score for admission into universities.
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Stakeholders in the education sector have agreed that no institution will go below 140 as a minimum benchmark score for admission into universities.
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during the ongoing policy meeting in Abuja, The benchmark score is not the cut-off mark for admissions for all universities.
According to Oloyede, JAMB does not set cutoff marks as various institutions had sent their minimum benchmark scores to JAMB.
“JAMB does not set cut-off mark,” Oloyede cautioned.
“What we have is a minimum benchmark score that any university cannot go below. Different universities have their benchmark scores,” he added.
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