JAMB, Stakeholders Decide 2025 Admission Guidelines Today

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will hold its annual Policy Meeting today to determine the modalities for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary schools for the 2025/2026 academic session.

The minister of education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, will chair the meeting, which is expected to set this year’s minimum cut-off marks for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and other admission parameters.

According to a statement released by the board in its weekly bulletin yesterday, the meeting will also feature the National Tertiary Admissions Performance-Merit Awards (NTAP-M), a platform designed to reward institutions that have excelled in compliance with policy guidelines, admission transparency, and equitable representation.

The annual meeting brings together vice chancellors, rectors, provosts, and other key stakeholders in the education sector.

It also serves as a central decision-making platform where the benchmark criteria for admissions, including the minimum UTME scores, deadlines for admission processes, and innovative strategies to improve access and equity, are jointly agreed upon.

JAMB said it would also present reports on the conduct of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE), while highlighting compliance levels, candidates’ performance indices, and emerging challenges.

“During the meeting, critical stakeholders, in conjunction with the board, would be expected to set the acceptable minimum admission standards for all tertiary institutions across Nigeria for the given year.

During the exercise, the registrar will present reports on the just-concluded 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), including application statistics, candidates’ performance evaluation, and ongoing Direct Entry (DE) applications, while also highlighting key performance indicators that could shape the government’s admission policy directions.

“Also, the meeting would appraise stakeholders of the salient issues that cropped up in the course of the previous year’s admission exercise. In addition, the policy meeting would look at the performance of candidates in the current year’s UTME to determine the year’s minimum admissible score, as was done in previous years, the statement added.