BREAKING: JAMB Releases 2026 University Admission Cut-Off Mark
- The Federal Government warns that admissions outside the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board's Central Admissions Processing System are illegal and will lead to sanctions, including possible suspension of institutions' licenses, as stated by the Minister of Education Tunji Alausa.
- Candidates with at least four credit passes applying for the Nigeria Certificate in Education and certain agriculture-related National Diploma programmes are exempted from writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination but must register with JAMB and be screened through CAPS.
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BREAKING: JAMB releases 2026 university admission cut-off mark
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has retained 150 as the cut-off mark for admission into universities for the 2026/27 academic session. The Board made this announcement on Monday during its policy meeting in Abuja on Monday. It said the decision followed a vote by vice-chancellors available at the meeting. Meanwhile, the Heads of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria had unanimously agreed that the Minimum Admissible Scores for adm…
FG cracks down on illegal admissions, retains 16-year entry age for varsities
…warns that admissions outside JAMB CAPS will not be recognised … NCE, ND candidates with fewer than 4 passes exempted from writing UTME By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Federal Government has declared war on illegal admissions into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions, warning universities, polytechnics and colleges of education that any admission conducted outside the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Central Admissions Processing System, CAPS,…
JAMB defends relevance as Sierra Leone moves to adopt Nigeria’s admission model
The statement was released ahead of JAMB’s 2026 Policy Meeting scheduled for Monday, where key decisions on admissions into tertiary institutions will be taken. The post JAMB defends relevance as Sierra Leone moves to adopt Nigeria’s admission model appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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