The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2025/2026 academic session.
The decision was reached on Tuesday during the JAMB 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
The meeting brought together stakeholders from federal and state ministries of education, heads of tertiary institutions, and other relevant agencies.
In addition to the university benchmark, JAMB announced that the minimum cut-off mark for colleges of nursing will be 140, while colleges of agriculture and colleges of education will have a cut-off mark of 100.
Earlier, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced that the minimum age for entry into tertiary institutions is 16 years.
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I think jamb has done well by making the cut-off mark for universities 150marks, college of nursing 140marks, colleges of agriculture and education 100marks,I think any student that could not get the university cut-off mark, will be able to get the 140marks for nursing or the 100marks for college of agriculture or college of education,I think many students will be able to gain admission into their choice tertiary institution with this new initiative.