The jamb cutoff mark which was 200 for universities and 180 for polytechnic has now been reduced to 120 and 100 which Nigerians have reacted against in recent online trends.
This innovation has been criticized and classified as a blow on the Nigerian Educational system.
However, the institutions are at liberty to raise their cutoff mark to suit their admission standard but the general and accepted by jamb is 120.
People never find this as a relieve but a disgrace to the academic sector of the nation.
See below the reaction of people on twitter:
Cut off mark for JAMB is now 120/400. They lowered the standards for President Buhari. They lowered the standards for Nigerian students.— Dr. Dipo (@OgbeniDipo) August 23, 2017
Jamb cutoff is now 120? Why not let people get into uni without writing jamb then? What’s the point?
— Mocha?? (@raychellered) August 23, 2017
In 2yrs we lowered every bar,largest economy to Recession
N197 to N370 per dollar
Aso Villa to Rat VillaEven Jamb cut off now is 120
— Ebube D Statesman (@akaebube) August 23, 2017
Let’s just pretend like the new JAMB cutoff marks is not meant to favour a specific part of the Country pic.twitter.com/fBguNv1boA— FAVOUR ONYEOZIRI (@Rouvafe) August 23, 2017
The problem with Nigeria is not JAMB cutoff marks, it’s the fact that we have very few & ill equipped universities to serve the masses— FAVOUR ONYEOZIRI (@Rouvafe) August 23, 2017
When in 2021, unemployable graduates starts leaving the uni, remember that JAMB pass mark is now 120 for uni and 100 for poly. @julietkego— S. Nwakor (@Obunikechukwu) August 22, 2017
If you chose UI, Unilag, Uniben, OAU and go on to score 120 in Jamb thinking you will be given admission.
You are on your own— Education Minister (@IamJibbish) August 23, 2017
