Oluwagbeminiyi Abiola
The results of the 2024 JAMB (Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board) has left many worried over the poor performance of students.
Only 0.4% of the 1.8 million students who wrote JAMB were able to score 300 marks out of 400 marks. This means only 8,401 students scored that high.
Even worse, a huge 76% of students scored below 200 marks in the exam. A score below 200 is usually not good enough to get admission into most universities, polytechnics and colleges. This poor performance is not new – it has been happening for many years now. Last year too, over 70% of students failed to get the required marks.
Nigerians took to social media using #JambScores to share their frustration over students constantly failing JAMB exams year after year. The poor results raise concerns over the quality of education in the country. There are urgent calls for the government to fix the problems leading to the yearly massive fail rates.
Jamb sets minimum cutoff mark for 2024-2025
JAMB has also announced the new cut-off marks that students need to score for admission in 2024/2025:
Federal Universities: 150
State Universities: 150
Private Universities: 150
Polytechnics: 120
Colleges of Education: 100
JAMB Cut Off Mark for Universities 2024/2025
The cut-off marks represent the minimum UTME scores required for admission screening. Some top universities have set their own higher cut-offs, such as:
- University of Lagos (UNILAG): 200
- University of Ibadan (UI): 200
- University of Benin (UNIBEN): 200
- University of Ilorin (UNILORIN): 180
- Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH): 180
- Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU): 200
- Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE):150
- University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT): 150
- University Of Abuja: 180
- Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA): 180
- University Of Ibadan (UI): 200
- Lagos State University (LASU): 180
- Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) : 180
- Kwara State University (KWASU): 140
- Delta State University (DELSU): 140
- Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) :150
- Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH: 160
- Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana, Afikpo, Ebonyi State (AIFPU) 120
- Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State (AUCHIPOLY) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State (FEDPOLYADO) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State (BALIPOLY) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Bauchi State (FPTB) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State (FEDPOLYBIDA) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe State (FEDPODAM) 120
- Federal Polytechnic, Daura, Katsina State (FEDPOLYDAURA) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State (FEDPOLYEDE) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Ekowe, Bayelsa State (FEDPOLYEKOWE) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State (FEPODA) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State (FEDPOLYILARO) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Ile-Oluji, Ondo State (FEDPOLEL) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State (FEDPONAM) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo, Gombe State (FEDPOLYKLT) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State (FPMUBIE) 120
- Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Nasarawa State (FPN) 120
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (ATBU) 140
- Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU) 140
- Bayero University, Kano (BUK) 140
- Federal University Gashua, Yobe (FUGASHUA) 140
- Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) 140
- Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State (FUD) 140
- Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina (FUDMA) 140
- Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State (FUKASHERE) 140
- Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State (FULAFIA) 140
- Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State (FULOKOJA) 140
- Alex Ekwueme University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State (FUNAI) 140
