JAMB Announce Admission Cut-off Mark.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced the cut-off mark for candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in the country for 2016/2017 Academic Session.

According to JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, who spoke after a long debate with delegates from various institutions, the cut-off for admissions this year is 180.

The 180 benchmark, applies to all universities and higher institutions in the country, including polytechnics, colleges of education, and others.

He said: "180 is given, no institution will go below 180 this year, And some universities can go above it, I know University of Ife will not go below 200 and University of Lagos will not go below 200 and also UI. All these ones stand but 180 as bench mark for others.

"This year we have more than enough candidates, we have over 1.5 million candidates so we will get enough candidates to take in all the schools if they are serious. Re-distribution is already ongoing, because it is embedded in the registration procedure."

Meanwhile, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who was speaking after declaring open the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting, expressed confidence in the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, adding that there was no need for other examination to be conducted by universities after JAMB.