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.