The Joint Admissions and Admissions Committee (JAMB) will meet with heads of all tertiary institutions in Nigeria on Monday (tomorrow) to determine the national minimum tolerant UTME score (NTMU), also known as the “cutting point” for admission activities in 2025.
The JAMB Admission Policy Conference is held every year, and the heads of all universities’ Polytechnic and Schools of Public and Private Education will decide on the “cutting point” for admission to the 2025 Unified Level 3 Entrance Examination (UTME) 2025.
UTME is also held annually and is a computer-based test (CBT), a prerequisite for candidates seeking admission to a tertiary institution in Nigeria. For each of the four topics the candidate sits down, the maximum score available in UTME is 400 –100.
Each institution has a different cutoff point. Although some universities will set up to 200 UTME points, others will set up as low as 100 or 120 UTME points.
However, all institutions agree that candidates receive the lowest national scores before being summoned by any third-tier institution.
Last year, the NTMU of universities and education colleges was fixed at 140, while 100.
At the meeting, they will all agree not to allow the state minimum below institutions. Decisions related to the voting of the heads of the institutions present are usually based on.
Any mechanism that is set below the cutoff point at the agreed point must raise its critical point.
Last year, at the meeting, then-Education Minister Professor Tahir Mamman directed the institution not to recognize candidates under the age of 18. He canceled the decision after the protests of the head of the agency. He then asked for 16 admissions in 2024 and 18 in subsequent years.
However, after Mr Manman was appointed minister in October, new Education Minister Tunji Alausa asked to place the minimum enrollment age at 16
Some Nigerians have criticized the current admissions method, which controls its central admissions system (CAP) primarily through its Central Admissions Processing System (CAP), which they believe should be allowed to perform their own admissions exams and develop their own guidelines.
But Jamb said that this would not interfere with the admission process, noting that the institution determines the identity they recognize.
JAMB explains that each institution has access to administrators to access CAPs, which are based on their O’Lelevel results, UTME scores, UTME scores and post-UTME scores and other conditions listed by the respective institution they applied for.
At last year’s policy meeting, Professor Is-Haq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, explained that CAPS ensures that institutions provide admissions to highly qualified applicants first in order to eliminate preferences during the admissions process.
