The 180 cut-off mark for admission to tertiary institutions may be reduced by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Talking amid the second specialized council meeting for 2016 admissions to tertiary establishments in Nigeria, the enlistment center and CEO of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said it got to be basic to decrease the slice off stamp because of the powerlessness of a portion of the organizations to actualize the cut-off check.
He said the choice of 180 as the 2016 national cut-off stamp was come to in a meeting of the leading body of higher foundations and different partners, The Nation reports.
Oloyede clarified that numerous organizations which were a piece of the choice have communicated worry on their failure to impact the cut-off check.
"An extensive number of establishments, especially the sprouting ones, have connected for a waiver to empower them concede applicants who in a few occasions scored underneath 180 imprints. For a few, this may sound absurd with the to a great extent false impression that an expansive rate of the individuals who score above 180 and are fit the bill for confirmation can't discover any situation in our foundations.
"I think this cry needs consideration, generally, some of these organizations whether open or exclusive may soon start to wobble or even close shops. This will be counter-beneficial and even thrashing the administration olicy of extension of access to advanced education and labor improvement," he said.
The JAMB recorder said the board has ordered the solicitations from the different Senates and Academic Boards and have guided the requests to suitable powers.
He said: "Only toward the beginning of today we got a green light on adaptable cut-off check just for foundations which have depleted the rundown of competitors with 180 or more, subject obviously to a base adequate to JAMB and meeting of other pre-imperative."
Oloyede noticed that the board would not force hopefuls on any organization and no candidate will be outlandishly prevented the open door from securing access to tertiary establishments.
Review that three weeks back, JAMB had said that it might wipe out the utilization of general cut-off imprints for competitors of the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The representative of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said there was a dire need to rethink the present cut-off purpose of 180 for affirmation with a specific end goal to reinforce access to training, especially for the less-advantaged.
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