» JAMB To Determine Admissions Cut-Off Marks On July 14 «

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) says it will hold its 2015 Policy
meeting on July 14 to determine cut-off
marks for admission of candidates into
tertiary institutions.
This was contained in a statement signed
by Mr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public
Relations Officer, and made available to
newsmen on Thursday in Lagos.
“The 2015 Policy Meeting which usually
comes up with the cut-off point has been
fixed for 14th July, 2015.
“This meeting defines the criteria for the
year’s admissions into higher institutions,” it
said.
The statement said that the cut-off points
are arrived at after extensive deliberations
with vice-chancellors of universities,
provosts of colleges of education, rectors of
polytechnics, monotechnics as well as
innovative enterprise institutions and other
stakeholders.
It said that the meeting was usually held
after the schools would have completed the
Computer Based tests (CBT).
The statement said that the CBT had
assisted the board to fight against
examination malpractice within the nation’s
examination system.
The statement said the CBT initiative had
helped to address the numerous challenges
confronting the conduct of public
examination in the country.
“Today, the board has found the magic
wand.
“This year’s examination was one of the
most successfully conducted exercises by
the board.
“The exercise took place for over two weeks
in 389 centres in Nigeria, Ghana, Republic of
Cameroon and the United Kingdom,” he
said.