{"id":146962,"date":"2025-07-08T14:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146962"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:17:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:17:56","slug":"varsities-set-cut-off-marks-for-2025-2026-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=146962","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Varsities approve 150 as cut-off mark for 2025\/2026 admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Varsities approve 150 as cut-off mark for 2025\/2026 admission<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chancellors of Universities in the country have adopted 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for 2025\/2026 admission.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was reached in a voice vote supervised by the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on Tuesday at the ongoing policy meeting on admission in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>At the meeting, the minimum cut-off point for admission into polytechnics was pegged at 100, while the colleges of education and agriculture adopted 100 as the entry point.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, colleges of nursing adopted 140 as the entry point for admission.<\/p>\n<p>Details shortly\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Varsities approve 150 as cut-off mark for 2025\/2026 admission Vice Chancellors of Universities in the country have adopted 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for 2025\/2026 admission. 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