The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 160 and above as the national minimum cutoff mark for admission into state and federal Universities in Nigeria for the year 2019.
The decision was taken at 19th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria held at Bola Babalakin Auditorium, Gbongan, Osun State today, June 11.
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.