GOODNEWS: 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.