The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has approved 160 as a minimum score for admission seekers into tertiary institutions in Nigeria for the 2020 school session.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known on Tuesday during its policy meeting held virtually. He added that the cut-off mark approved for Polytechnics is 120 and above while that of the Colleges of Education stands at 100 and above.
Oloyede also disclosed that out of 1,157,977 candidates who sat for UTME in 2019, about 612,557 were offered admission. The JAMB boss noted that about 510,957 admission spaces were unused by tertiary institutions in 2019.
Oloyede noted that candidates waiting for their results will only be considered when they are uploaded on its website.
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