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JAMB HAS REDUCED 2013 CUT OFF MARK TO
170 I believe those that scored above
170but below 180 will read this post with
lovely smile. There will be no admission
for candidates who scored less than 170
in th last Universities Matriculation
Examination (UME) following the decision
of the Joint Committee on Admission to
peg the National cut-off pointat 170.
However, JAMB said yesterday that results
of 16,000 candidates out of the 22,395
candidates earlier withheld on account of
examination malpractices have now been
released. Registrar and Chief Executive of
JAMB, Prof. DibuOjerinde, told journalists
in Abuja on Tuesday that the national cut-
off points was jacked up from 180 last
year to 170 this year to reflect
theimprovement in the performances of
candidates in the last examination. He,
however, expressed concernthat some
states would not be able to fill their quota
of university admission in the coming
academic year even ifthe cut off marks
was to be reduced to 150. He said he had
asked the various degree- awarding
institutionsto adopt a system of
differential cut-off marks in order to
bridge the gap between educationally
less developed states and the others. The
JAMB registrar said the differential cut-off
marks for the states which will be lower
than the nationalone were yet to be
decided upon by the relevant body,
adding that in arriving at a decision, the
body would takeinto consideration how
many candidates sat for the examination
in such state and the performances of the
candidates. Ojerinde explained that in a
situation where a particular state
presented only 731 candidates for the
UME, therewas no way such a state could
meet its admission quota, even if it was
given a differential cut-off marks, adding
that “it’s a way of bridging the gap.” He
also disclosed that additional 16000
results out of the 22, 395 earlier declared
withheld by JAMB on account of
examination malpractice had now been
released following the decision of the
relevant committee of the board to
release the results. He, however, said
those whose results are yet to be
released will not get any result as the
committee had decided that the results be
cancelled. Similarly, Ojerinde said 6,000
scripts could not be scanned by the
computer following the inability of the
students to comply with relevant
instructions on shading of the answer
sheets. He regretted that parents have
been besieginghis office seeking for
explanation for the non-release of their
wards’ results, and warned that parents
should not visit the sins of their children
on JAMB.According to him, JAMB will now
have to charge N25,000 to the
production of the answer script of any
candidate who insists on seeing it. “This
particular script is like an art work and
the candidate wants result. You can’t reap
where you didnot sow, shading the
correct column is part of the
examination,” Ojerinde said, while
producing the script of a candidate