JAMB’s 2024/2025 Admissions Cut-off Marks Rumor Debunked
A message is being shared on the widely used mobile app, WhatsApp, claiming that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set the 2024 cut-off marks.
This rumor surfaced a week after JAMB announced the release of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results.
Each year, JAMB administers the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), one of Nigeria’s most significant exams, which determines students’ eligibility for admission to tertiary institutions.
Every year, JAMB conducts the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), a crucial test in Nigeria that determines students’ eligibility for entry into higher education institutions.
After the annual examination, JAMB meets to decide the cut-off marks for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and monotechnics. Typically, universities have the highest cut-off marks, while other institutions have lower requirements.
The WhatsApp message claimed that JAMB had held the policy meeting to establish the official cut-off marks and read:
“Just In: The JAMB cut-off Mark 2024 is the minimum score a candidate must have in the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to qualify to participate in post-UTME.
“The admissions body has announced the official JAMB cut-off mark for admissions into various tertiary institutions in the country.
“JAMB pegged a minimum of 160 marks for admission into the university, with 120 and 100 marks set for admission into colleges of education and innovative institutions.
“Also, some universities may set their cut-off marks at 180, as they have done in the past. The primary thing is that their cut-off marks must not be set below JAMB marks.”
Fact check report debunks claim on JAMB
Given the dubious nature of the post, the fact-checking platform Dubawa investigated the claim. After careful examination, Dubawa determined the claim to be false.
The platform further clarified that the policy meeting to decide the minimum cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions has not yet taken place, nor has JAMB made any official announcement regarding the cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 admissions.
JAMB’s 2024/2025 Admissions Cut-off Marks Rumor Debunked
