The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on June 2 announced that the Post-UTME screening which is usually organised by tertiary institutions for candidates who passed the JAMB cut-off will now be scrapped.
He also added that the the new JAMB cut-off mark will be fixed at 180 for all tertiary institutions except Unilag, UI and OAU whose scores will remain at 200.
According to him, it is not necessary for universities to organise additional entrance exams and the JAMB exam is a sufficient screening process.
Nigerians reacted to this new development and some thought JAMB itself should be scrapped.
If there is anything that should be scrapped it is Jamb itself. Let universities be able to set their exams and admit the students they want
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