The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pegged the cut-off mark for admission into universities across Nigeria in 2024 at 140 points.
The Board has also fixed 100 points as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the 2024 Policy Meeting of Tertiary Institutions in Abuja on Thursday.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, vice-chancellors, rectors and registrars of higher institutions and other stakeholders.
Top 3 best UTME results named
Meanwhile, JAMB also unveiled the list of the top scorers in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at the meeting.
The scores range between 363 to 367, which is the highest in this year’s examination.
The top scorers of 2024 UTME:
- David Olowu – 367 (Ondo State)
- David Alayande – 367 (Oyo State)
- Joel Orukpe – 367 (Edo State)