The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued official guidelines to all tertiary institutions for the conduct of the 2020/2021 admission exercise. According to the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, First and Second Choice admissions will commence on August 21st, 2020, while the closing date will be determined later by the Federal Ministry of Education due to COVID-19 uncertainties.
Key 2020/2021 JAMB Admission Directives
- Mandatory CAPS Processing: All admissions for the 2020/2021 academic session must be conducted exclusively on the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
- Part-Time, Sandwich & Distance Learning: All admissions into Full-Time, Distance Learning, Part-Time, and Sandwich programmes must be processed strictly through JAMB. Institutions are barred from advertising or selling application forms for these programmes outside JAMB.
- Minimum National UTME Cut-Off Thresholds: No institution is permitted to recommend or admit any candidate whose UTME score is below the approved national threshold:
- Degree (Universities): 160
- National Diploma (ND - Polytechnics): 120
- Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE - Colleges): 100
- National Innovation Diploma (NID - IEIs): 100
- Affiliated Institutions & Residency Rule: Affiliated institutions must adopt the exact same minimum UTME cut-off marks as their mother institutions, and no institution can graduate a candidate who has not been a full-time student of that institution for at least 2 consecutive years.
With universities preparing to announce their Post-UTME screening exercises, make sure you start practicing past questions today using the Mentra POST-UTME app, available on both Android and iOS.
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