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See Official Minimum JAMB UTME Admission Screening Cut-Off Marks (Scores) for Polytechnics / Monotechnics in Nigeria [Diploma Awarding Institutions].

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has published the minimum cut-off marks (scores) of admission into all Nigerian Polytechnics / Monotechnics for the 2022/2023 admission exercise.

The list contains about Two Hundred and Nineteen (219) Nigerian Polytechnics / Monotechnics and their minimum admission cut-off points for the 2022/2023 admission exercise.

RECOMMENDED: All Nigerian Universities Post-UTME Cut-Off Marks 2022/2023.

All Nigerian Polytechnics JAMB UTME Cut-Off Marks 2022/2023

S/N	Name of Institution	Minimum Score
1.	SCHOOL OF ORTHOPEDIC CAST TECHNOLOGY, ILORIN, KWARA STATE	200
2.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, NEKEDE, IMO STATE	180
3.	AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	170
4.	MARITIME ACADEMY OF NIGERIA, ORON, AKWA IBOM STATE	160
5.	NIGERIA ARMY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECH., MAKURDI, BENUE STATE	160
6.	ABDU GUSAU POLYTECHNIC, TALATA-MAFARA, ZAMFARA STATE	160
7.	OYO STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ELEYELE, IBADAN	160
8.	FEDERAL SCHOOL OF SURVEYING, OYO, OYO STATE	160
9.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT, UNIUYO TEACHING HOSPITAL, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE	150
10.	DELTA STATE SCHOOL OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY, BURUTU, DELTA STATE	150
11.	GOMBE STATE COLLEGE OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, GOMBE STATE	150
12.	POGIL COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, OKE-ERI, IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE	150
13.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT, UNIV OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, ILORIN	150
14.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC,ILARO, OGUN STATE	150
15.	ONDO STATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE	150
16.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, OFFA, KWARA STATE	150
17.	PORT HARCOURT POLYTECHNIC, RUMUOLA, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE	150
18.	PLATEAU STATE POLYTECHNIC, (ND), BARKIN-LADI, PLATEAU STATE	150
19.	LAGOS STATE POLY, IKORODU, LAGOS STATE	150
20.	THE POLYTECHNIC, IBADAN, OYO STATE	150
21.	HERITAGE POLYTECHNIC, IKOT UDOTA, AKWA IBOM STATE	150
22.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE	150
23.	YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, YABA, LAGOS STATE	150
24.	AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, UNWANA, AFIKPO, EBONYI STATE	140
25.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, IDAH, KOGI STATE	140
26.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, EDE, OSUN STATE	140
27.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, JOS, PLATEAU STATE	140
28.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, BALI, TARABA STATE	140
29.	IBADAN CITY POLYTECHNIC, IBADAN, OYO STATE	140
30.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (UDU TEACHING HOSPITAL), SOKOTO STATE	140
31.	FEDERAL SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, (LUTH), IDI-ARABA, LAGOS STATE	140
32.	SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI	140
33.	WAVECREST COLLEGE OF CATERING & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, LAGOS STATE	140
34.	DELTA STATE POLYTECHNIC, OTEFE, DELTA STATE	140
35.	DELTA STATE POLYTECHNIC, OGWASHI-UKU, DELTA STATE	140
36.	NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE	140
37.	DELTA STATE POLYTECHNIC, OZORO, DELTA STATE	140
38.	SCHOOL OF ORTHOPEDIC CAST TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL DALA, KANO	140
39.	RAMAT POLYTECHNIC, MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE	140
40.	UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR TEACHING HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT.	140
41.	OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, IIESA, OSUN STATE	140
42.	KOGI STATE POLYTECHNIC, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE	140
43.	AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE	130
44.	FEDERAL TRAINING CENTRE, IKOYI, LAGOS STATE	130
45.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, UKANA, AKWA IBOM STATE	130
46.	KWARA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ILORIN, KWARA STATE	130
47.	UMA UKPAI POLYTECHNIC, OHAFIA, ASAGA OHAFIA, ABIA STATE	120
48.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT (UNIBEN TEACHING HOSPITAL), BENIN, EDO STATE	120
49.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT (UCH, IBADAN, OYO STATE)	120
50.	KANO STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, KANO, KANO STATE	120
51.	YOBE STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, GUJBA, YOBE STATE	120
52.	ANAMBRA STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, OBOSI, ANAMBRA STATE	120
53.	GOMBE STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KALTUNGO, GOMBE STATE	120
54.	NKST COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, MKAR, BENUE STATE	120
55.	LANDMARK POLYTECHNIC, AYETORO, OGUN STATE	120
56.	AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL, SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFO MANAGEMENT, KANO, KANO STATE	120
57.	COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, KABBA, KOGI STATE	120
58.	SHEHU IDRIS COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, MAKARFI, KADUNA STATE	120
59.	AUCHI POLYTECHNIC, AUCHI, EDO STATE	120
60.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, BIDA, NIGER STATE	120
61.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, EKOWE, BAYELSA STATE	120
62.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, DAMATURU, YOBE STATE	120
63.	COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, ZURU, KEBBI STATE	120
64.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE	120
65.	PLATEAU STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, GARKAWA, PLATEAU STATE	120
66.	COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE	120
67.	AJAYI POLYTECHNIC, ARA-EKITI, EKITI STATE	120
68.	OGUN STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, ILESE-IJEBU, OGUN STATE	120
69.	BAYELSA STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, OTUOGIDI, OGBIA TOWN, BAYELSA STATE	120
70.	SCHOOL OF ORTHOPEDIC CAST TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE	120
71.	NACABS POLYTECHNIC, AKWANGA, NASARAWA STATE	120
72.	RONIK POLYTECHNIC, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE	120
73.	TEMPLE-GATE POLYTECHNIC, OSISIOMA, ABIA STATE	120
74.	KINGS POLYTECHNIC, UBIAJA, EDO STATE	120
75.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, KEFFI, NASARAWA STATE	120
76.	SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE	120
77.	WOLEX POLYTECHNIC, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE	120
78.	THE OKE-OGUN POLYTECHNIC, SAKI, OYO STATE	120
79.	THE POLYTECHNIC, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE	120
80.	TRINITY POLYTECHNIC, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE	120
81.	SAVANNAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE	120
82.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT. (UNIMAID TEACHING HOSPITAL), BORNO STATE	120
83.	NIGERIAN NAVY SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCE, OFFA, KWARA STATE	120
84.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ILE-OLUJI, ONDO STATE	120
85.	BARTHOLOMEW COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, SHAO, ILORIN, KWARA STATE	120
86.	THE POLYTECHNIC, IRESI, OSUN STATE	120
87.	SAF POLYTECHNIC, ISEYIN, OYO STATE	120
88.	UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT TEACHING HOSPITAL, PORT HARCOURT , RIVER STATE	120
89.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT, LUTH, IDIARABA, LAGOS STATE	120
90.	SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION MGT, OAU TEACHING HOSPITAL, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE	120
91.	TOWER POLYTECHNIC, 136, LIBERTY ROAD, IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
92.	SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF BENIN TEACHING HOSP, BENIN	120
93.	ABRAHAM ADESANYA POLYTECHNIC, IJEBU-IGBO, OGUN STATE	120
94.	FEDERAL SCHOOL OF STATISTICS, IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
95.	RUFUS GIWA POLYTECHNIC, OWO, ONDO STATE	120
96.	KADUNA POLYTECHNIC, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	120
97.	EDO STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, USEN, EDO STATE	120
98.	COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, ZAWAN, PLATEAU STATE	120
99.	GBOKO POLYTECHNICS, GBOKO, BENUE STATE	120
100.	THE IBARAPA POLYTECHNIC, ERUWA, OYO STATE	120
101.	ANAMBRA STATE POLYTECHNIC, MGBAKWU, ANAMBRA STATE	120
102.	OYO STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, IGBOORA, OYO STATE	120
103.	TARABA STATE POLYTECHNIC, SUNTAI, TARABA STATE	120
104.	BINYAMINU USMAN POLYTECHNIC, HADIJIA, JIGAWA STATE	120
105.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF LAND RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE	120
106.	ENUGU STATE POLYTECHNIC, IWOLLO, ENUGU STATE	120
107.	OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, ESA-OKE, OSUN STATE	120
108.	ABIA STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, ABA, ABIA STATE	120
109.	AKWA-IBOM STATE POLYTECHNIC, IKOT-OSURUA, AKWA IBOM STATE	120
110.	BAYELSA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ALEIBIRI, BAYELSA STATE	120
111.	BENUE STATE POLY, UGBOKOLO, BENUE STATE	120
112.	COLLEGE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS STUDIES, POTISKUM, YOBE STATE	120
113.	D.S. ADEGBENRO ICT POLYTECHNIC, ITORI, OGUN STATE	120
114.	NUHU BAMALLI POLYTECHNIC, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE	120
115.	NASARAWA STATE POLYTECHNIC, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE	120
116.	AKWA IBOM STATE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE NUNG, UKIM, AKWA IBOM STATE	120
117.	MOSHOOD ABIOLA POLYTECHNIC, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE	120
118.	KANO STATE POLYTECHNIC, KANO, KANO STATE	120
119.	INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE	120
120.	ABIA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ABA, ABIA STATE	120
121.	FEDERAL SCHOOL OF STATISTICS, MANCHOK, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	120
122.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OF OIL AND GAS, BONNY, RIVERS STATE	120
123.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, KAURA/NAMODA, ZAMFARA STATE	120
124.	WAZIRI UMARU FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, BIRNIN KEBBI, KEBBI STATE	120
125.	FEDERAL SCHOOL OF DENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND THERAPY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE	120
126.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, OKO, ANAMBRA STATE	120
127.	MOHAMMED LAWAN COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE	120
128.	NIGER STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, MOKWA, NIGER STATE	120
129.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, NASARAWA, NASARAWA STATE	120
130.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE, DADIN KOWA, GOMBE STATE	120
131.	FEDERAL TRAINING CENTRE, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	120
132.	NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE, MANDO, KADUNA KADUNA STATE	120
133.	PETROLEUM TRAINING INSTITUTE, EFFURUN, DELTA STATE	120
134.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FISHERIES AND MARINE TECHNOLOGY, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS STATE	120
135.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF LAND RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, KURU, JOS, PLATEAU STATE	120
136.	NIGERIAN COLLEGE OF AVIATION TECHNOLOGY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE	120
137.	RIVERS STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE, IKWERRE RD, RUMUEME, PORT HARCOURT	120
138.	FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, IBADAN P.M.B. 5033, ELEYELE, IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
139.	KENULE BEESON SARO-WIWA POLYTECHNIC, BORI, RIVERS STATE	120
140.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FRESHWATER FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY, BAGA, BORNO STATE	120
141.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE TECH, HOTORO GRA EXT, KANO, KANO STATE	120
142.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
143.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, MOOR PLANTATION, IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
144.	FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, KADUNA ABUJA RD JUNCTION, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	120
145.	ADAMAWA STATE POLYTECHNIC, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE	120
146.	VALLEY VIEW POLYTECHNIC, OHAFIA, ABIA STATE	120
147.	VILLANOVA POLYTECHNIC, IMESI-ILE, OSUN STATE	120
148.	HASSAN USMAN KATSINA POLYTECHNIC, KATSINA, KATSINA STATE	120
149.	GRUNDTVIG POLYTECHNIC, OBA, ANAMBRA STATE	120
150.	CITI POLYTECHNIC, ABUJA	120
151.	FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, MUBI, ADAMAWA STATE	120
152.	REDEEMER'S COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, OGUN STATE	120
153.	DORBEN POLYTECHNIC, BWARI-GARAM ROAD, FCT-ABUJA	120
154.	EASTERN POLYTECHNIC, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE	120
155.	ALLOVER CENTRAL POLYTECHNIC, LYNSON CHEMICAL AVENUE , OTA OGUN STATE	120
156.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, NEW BUSSA, NIGER STATE	120
157.	SHAKA POLYTECHNIC, PRINCE SHAKA WAY, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE	120
158.	LAGOS CITY POLYTECHNIC, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE	120
159.	LIGHT HOUSE POLYTECHNIC, EUBUOBANOSA, EDO STATE	120
160.	UMARU ALI SHINKAFI POLYTECHNIC, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE	120
161.	JIGAWA STATE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, KAZAURE, JIGAWA STATE	120
162.	ST MARY POLYTECHNIC, KWAMBA, SULEJA, NIGER STATE	120
163.	PRIME POLYTECHNIC, JIDA BASSA, AJAOKUTA, KOGI STATE	120
164.	ABUJA SCHOOL OF PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLANNING, ABUJA	120
165.	MARIST POLYTECHNIC, UMUCHIGBO-DE NIKE EMENE-ENUGU, ENUGU STATE	120
166.	CALVARY POLYTECHNIC, OWO-OYIBO, DELTA STATE	120
167.	FIDEI POLYTECHNIC, GBOKO, BENUE STATE	120
168.	EMIRATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KANO	120
169.	LENS POLYTECHNIC, OFFA, KWARA STATE.	120
170.	OUR SAVIOUR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (POLYTECHNIC) ENUGU, ENUGU STATE	120
171.	NEW GATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGER STATE.	120
172.	SAMARU COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (DIVISION OF AGRIC COL, ABU) ZARIA, KADUNA STATE	120
173.	FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, OJI RIVER, ENUGU STATE	120
174.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY, MECHANISATION, AFAKA, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	120
175.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FORESTRY TECHNOLOGY, IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
176.	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, AKURE, ONDO STATE	120
177.	GATEWAY ICT POLYTECHNIC, SAAPADE, OGUN STATE	120
178.	NIGER STATE POLYTECHNIC, ZUNGERU, NIGER STATE	120
179.	NOGAK POLYTECHNIC, MILE 2 ROAD, IKOM, CROSS RIVER STATE	120
180.	NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF LEATHER TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE TECH. KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	120
181.	BAUCHI STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE	120
182.	BEST SOLUTION POLYTECHNIC, AKURE, ONDO STATE.	120
183.	THE POLYTECHNIC IGBO-OWU, OFF ASA DAM, OSERE ROAD JUNCTION, ILORIN, KWARA STATE	120
184.	COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE	120
185.	COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE, MANDO ROAD, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE	120
186.	COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, JALINGO, TARABA STATE	120
187.	AKPERAN ORSHI COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, YANDEV, BENUE STATE	120
188.	ZAMFARA STATE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE	120
189.	LAGOS STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, YABA, LAGOS STATE	120
190.	COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL SCIENCE, BAKURA, ZAMFARA STATE	120
191.	IMO STATE COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCE, AMAIGBO, IMO STATE	120
192.	COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, IJERO-EKITI, EKITI STATE	120
193.	HUSSAINI ADAMU FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, KAZAURE, JIGAWA STATE	120
194.	MILLENNIUM COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE	120
195.	SURE FOUNDATION POLYTECHNIC, IKOT AKAI, AKWA IBOM STATE	120
196.	COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES, KONDUGA, BORNO STATE	120
197.	AL-HIKMA POLYTECHNIC, MARARABA, NASARAWA STATE.	120
198.	ASHI POLYTECHNIC, ANYIIN LOGO, BENUE STATE	120
199.	TIMEON KAIROS POLYTECHNIC, LAGOS STATE	120
200.	BOLMOR POLYTECHNIC, 33 OLD IFE ROAD, PMB 32, AGODI IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
201.	NOVELTY POLYTECHNIC, KISHI, OYO STATE	120
202.	SPEEDWAY POLYTECHNIC, OSOBA, OGUN STATE	120
203.	CROSS RIVER STATE INSTITUTE OF TECH AND MANAGEMENT, UGEP, CROSS RIVER STATE	120
204.	COVENANT POLYTECHNIC, ABA, ABIA STATE	120
205.	THE POLYTECHNIC, ADOKA, BENUE STATE	120
206.	CROWN POLYTECHNIC, ODO ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE	120
207.	OGUN STATE INSTITUTE OF TECH(FORMERLY GATEWAY ICT POLY), IGBESA, OGUN STATE	120
208.	INTERLINK POLYTECHNIC, IJEBU-JESA, OSUN STATE NIGERIA	120
209.	OSUN STATE POLYTECHNIC, IREE, OSUN STATE	120
210.	ABUBAKAR TATARI ALI POLYTECHNIC, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE	120
211.	JIGAWA STATE POLYTECHNIC, DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE	120
212.	ADECOM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES, IBADAN, OYO STATE	120
213.	IGBAJO POLYTECHNIC, IGBAJO, OSUN STATE	120
214.	GRACE POLYTECHNIC, LAGOS, LAGOS STATE	120
215.	AMINU DABO COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KANO, KANO STATE	120
216.	NIGERIAN NAVY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND LOGISTICS COLLEGE, OWERRINTA, ABIA STATE	120
217.	GLOBAL POLYTECHNIC, OYEMEKUN ROAD, AKURE, ONDO STATE	120
218.	DELTA STATE COLLEGE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY, UGHELLI, DELTA STATE	120
219.	MATER DEI POLYTECHNIC, UGWUOBA TOWN, OJI RIVER, ENUGU STATE	120

Important Information From JAMB To Candidates Seeking Admission: Bewarned! No Uniform UTME Minimum Score For Admission Exercise.

There is a layer of misconceptions on what is generally described as ''uniform minimum national UTME  score'' for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

For long, many candidates and some members of the general public have come under erroneous impression that there is a minimum national UTME score, which they also refer to as ”cut -off point”.

The truth is that there is no one particular national minimum UTME score for all Polytechnics in Nigeria. It has never been. Similarly, in most cases, UTME score is not the sole determinant of placement of candidates into tertiary institutions.

The undue attention to the so—called national minimum UTME score (UTME cut—off point) is a major source of failure of many ill—informed candidates who assumed that they have finally attained the benchmark having achieved the so called minimum national score or ”cut off point’ for admission.

It is therefore a double jeopardy for many candidates who swallow the popular myth that there is a uniform UTME score (cut— off) for all Polytechnics in Nigeria.

The myth also incorporates the erroneous impression that it is only the UTME score that constitutes the benchmark for admission.

These are far from the truth. Such candidates on attainment of particular grade in UTME celebrate in advance their imminent placements, which in reality may not be at the end of the day.

The Board has repeatedly stated that:
1) No uniform minimum UTME score (cut -off) for all Polytechnics in Nigeria; each Institution determines and submits to JAMB its minimum UTME score; after having analyzed the UTME performances of its applicants against its available quota. Decisions at the annual Policy Meeting on Admission does not reduce the minimum prescription of the institutions except the few institutions whose submitted minimum UTME- scores fall below what the Policy Meeting considers as the minimum scoreacceptable.

 2) UTME score is just one of the two or three scores that are generally added together to obtain the eventual aggregate score and ranking of the candidates. Other parameters are Post- UTME /Post -A/L qualifications screening/test score; O/L grade score; and in some cases, physical test (such as applicable in the Nigerian Defence Academy/Police Academy). Therefore, It is the score from all the segments that are added together to have eventual rankingtable or ”cut off”score.

For the 2022 admission exercise, for example, no candidate with a UTME score of 199 is admissible into the School of Orthopedic Cast Technology, Ilorin, which has set 200 as its minimum UTME score; just as the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State has set a minimum UTME score of 180; Airforce Institute of Technology, Kaduna (170) and Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara, Zamfara State (160)

Again, it is important to note that there are cases of candidates with UTME scores of above 300 that may eventually rank below some other candidates with UTME score of 200 when all other scores are aggregated.

Even within each institution, there is a different minimum score (cut —off) for admission into different programmes (courses). They are usually significantly higher for courses such as MBBS, Engineering, Nursing, Law, etc, with overall available space of less than 10% of the applicants.

The Board has over the years reiterated the above points to sentizise the general public on the so the called national minimum scores for all tertiary institutions which has continued to generate confusion on the quality of candidates being admitted into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

It is also noted that UTME is a ranking examination designed to place the best available registered candidates into Polytechnics other accredited tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

As such, the minimum scores into each institution or programme varies; based on academic performances of candidates who applied to such institutions. Over the years, few programmes such as MBBS, Engineering, Law and Pharmacy are oversubscribed by candidates.

Also, some of the institutions attract more candidates than many others, thereby making it imperative for each institution to set its own minimum score, based on its circumstances and as approved at the Policy Meeting.

The Board had always published on its website (www.jamb.gov.ng) full details of minimum UTME score for each institution. The body has also always reminded candidates to note that each programme (course) has a different minimum score which is usually very high for competitive programmes.