JAMB Official Cut-Off Mark: What It Actually Means

Jamb has officially announced that the 2015
official cut-off mark is 180 for Universities and
150 for polytechnics, Colleges of Education and
other certificate awarding institutions.
However, from comments and feedback we have
been receiving, it seems that most candidates
have not clearly understood the import of this.
So we deem it necessary to explain what it
actually means.
Many candidates for instance are of the opinion
that since they have applied to study in a
university and have scored up to 180 that their
choice institution must consider them for
admission going by the fact that the official cut-
off mark for universities is 180.
You should know by now that most Federal
Universities accept only candidates who scored
200 and above and nothing less and even when
such universities adopts the official cut-off mark
of 180 some courses will demand that you still
score 200 and above to be considered for
admission.
Similar permutation applies to polytechnics and
colleges of education with official cut-off mark
of 150.
You may ask, "What is then the essence of the
cut-off mark if institutions won't stick to it?" I
will explain.
The 180 official cut-off mark for universities only
means that no university is permitted to accept
any candidate with UTME score below 180.
For polytechnics, Colleges of Education and
other certificate awarding institutions that have
official cut-off mark of 150, it means that non- of
these institutions will accept a candidates that
have anything less that 150 as UTME score.
So where as institutions cannot go below their
official cut-off marks, they can go above the cut-
off marks.
Now, I guess you understand.
Any further questions should be posted in the
comment box below.