Wandering why The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the cut-off marks for Nigerian tertiary institutions while also lifting the ban for post UTME examination.
Premium Times reports that the controversal decisions were taken at the 2017 Combined Policy Meetings on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria which ended on Tuesday, August 22.
Institutions were however allowed to raise their cut-off marks above JAMB’s stipulation.
He noted that the number of those seeking admission to study agriculture had dropped while those for medicine and health science rose.
He also spoke about illegal admissions saying the new process allows the registrar to approve all candidates.
“About 17,160 students were admitted without JAMB across institutions in Nigeria,” he added.
The Federal Government explained that all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school.