The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for universities in the country for the 2022 admission process.

The minimum cut-off mark for polytechnics is 100, while Colleges of Education mark is 100.

This was made known at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions presided by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Thursday.

The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, displayed the minimum cut-off marks adopted by tertiary institutions.

Unlike the 2021 admission process, the adopted cut-off marks revealed that institutions now have uniform cut-off marks for the 2022 admissions.

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According to Oloyede, for federal universities, merit quota remained 45 per cent while that of the state universities falls between indigene quota and national quota.

“The National merit quota for State institutions is the first 10 per cent irrespective of location of the candidate, 35 per cent allowed to indigenes of the state,” he said.

A total number of 1,761,262 candidates applied for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), while 98,270 applied for Direct Entry into the universities through the board.

The meeting, however, resolved that December 31 would be the deadline for 2022 admissions into all public institutions and private institutions across the country for universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

The Star