The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the approval of 160 and above as the national minimum cutoff mark for admission into state and federal Universities for the year 2019.
The decision was reached at a policy meeting with universities and other tertiary institutions across the country on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at Bola Babalakin Auditorium, Gbongan, Osun State.
It was also agreed that the minimum UTME score for admission into private Universities should be 140.
120 UTME score was approved for polytechnics while 110 score was approved as the least score for admission into private polytechnic.
The cutoff score stood at 200 for a number of years, with 400 being the maximum score.
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