How cut-off marks affect higher education – Academics

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, during its policy meeting on 21 July, pegged the minimum cut-off score for admission into the country’s universities at 140 for the 2022-23 academic session. Two years back, it had approved 160 as the cut-off mark for 2020-21 university admissions, reports the News Agency of Nigeria.

The agency reports that, in announcing this year’s cut-off marks, the examination body said that of the over 1.7 million candidates that sat for the examination, only 378,639 scored 200 and above.

The trend of the cut-off marks over the years, dropping in the case of universities to 140, of the total 400 marks, has elicited mixed reactions. Some describe the lowering of the cut-off, the benchmark for placement of candidates into the country’s institutions of higher learning, as worrisome, with implications for education standards. Others, however, think otherwise, saying it is not the sole determinant.
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