JAMB 2024 Admission Cut-off Marks Announced

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) official cut-off marks for the 2024 admission exercise into tertiary institutions in Nigeria have been announced.

The marks were announced on Thursday at the policy meeting held in Abuja, which was presided over by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman and attended by all relevant stakeholders in the education sector.

The policy meeting agreed on a minimum score of 140 for candidates seeking University admission, and 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

It was also disclosed at the meeting that there’s no such thing as a ‘cut-off mark’ in the admission process to tertiary institutions in Nigeria, as what’s obtainable is the minimum tolerable score determinable by individual institutions.

“JAMB does not set cut-off mark. What we have is a minimum benchmark score that any university cannot go below. Different universities have their benchmark scores,” JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede announced.

JAMB Reveals 2024 UTME Top Scorers

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) unveiled the names of the highest scorers in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) during its policy meeting in Abuja on Thursday.

Three candidates achieved the highest score of 367 in the 2024 UTME. They are Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, Alayande David from Oyo State, and Orukpe Joel from Edo State. This marks them as the top performers in this year’s examination.

In the previous year, Umeh Nkechinyere had emerged as the highest scorer with a total score of 360.

JAMB had earlier announced its decision not to publicly name the highest scorer for 2024, citing previous controversies such as the “Mmesoma matter.” This decision was aimed at avoiding misunderstandings and ensuring the integrity of the examination results.

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed the list of top scorers during the policy meeting.

The candidates who achieved the top scores include:

1. Olowu Joseph – 367 (Ondo State)
2. Alayande David – 367 (Oyo State)
3. Orukpe Joel – 367 (Edo State)
4. Emmanuel Jeremiah – 366 (Akwa-Ibom)
5. Essiet Etini – 365 (Akwa-Ibom)
6. Ezenwoko Zara – 365 (Abia)
7. Umoh Joshua – 365 (Akwa-Ibom)
8. Mamudu Abdulraham – 364 (Edo)
9. Adeleke Abdulbasit – 363 (Kwara)
10. Echem Victor – 363 (Rivers)
11. Etute Emmanuel – 363 (Edo)
12. Jedidiah Chidiebube – 363 (Imo)
13. Adesanya Oluwatimilehin – 363 (Ogun)