GOOD NEWS: Finally, JAMB Cut-Off Mark Issue Resolved

The policy proposed by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that sparked protest in the University of Lagos and threatened to move on to other universities has been overruled by the federal government.

JAMB had earlier adopted a reassignment policy whereby surplus candidates of a particular university were reassigned to another university that had limited candidates.



The Punch reports that Mr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, the permanent secretary of the ministry of education disclosed that JAMB’s directive had been overruled.
He said this after a briefing with President Muhammadu Buhari on the ministry’s activities at the presidential villa .
Nwaobiala explained that due to the dust raised by the directive and the protest that it sparked, there was need to readjust so that candidates could write their post UTME at their first choice universities.
“These are decisions that we collectively took. However, we have a listening hear. We have taken a lot of the issues raised into consideration and we are consulting to see the adjustments we can make here and there.

“The directive has been given. All the students that made the cut-off marks have been told to go and write post-UME examinations in their schools of first choice. After, they can go to their schools of second choice. That has been the bone of contention.”
Earlier,Professor Dibu Ojerinde, the registrar of JAMB explained that the reason for the reassignment policy was to help studenst with low cut-off marks to get another opportunity.