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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will on Monday fix cut-off marks for admissions into tertiary institutions across Nigeria during its 2026 Policy Meeting, the board has announced.
The meeting, to be chaired by the Minister of Education, will consider and adopt guidelines for the 2026 admission exercise, according to a statement from Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor.
“At the meeting, guidelines for the 2026 admission exercise into all tertiary institutions in Nigeria will be considered and adopted, including the determination of the minimum tolerable scores for admissions,” Benjamin said on Sunday.
Benjamin disclosed that this year’s meeting will also witness the participation of the Deputy Minister of Education of Sierra Leone, Sarjoh Aziz Kamara, alongside two Vice-Chancellors from Sierra Leonean universities: Prof. Edwin Momoh of Ernest Bai Koroma University of Science and Technology, and Prof. Bashiru Koroma of Njala University.
According to Benjamin, the delegation is in Nigeria to understudy the nation’s centralised admission system as Sierra Leone plans to establish a body similar to JAMB to streamline its own admission process.
Benjamin said the delegation was taken through the examination and admission processes at the board’s headquarters in Bwari on Sunday.
“The Sierra Leonean delegation expressed profound appreciation to the Board, noting that the increasing admission population in their country has posed serious challenges and that the Nigerian model offers practical solutions to issues they had long sought to address,” Benjamin said.
Good day, UTME candidates. Tomorrow, Monday, 11th May, is a significant day as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will hold its 2026 Policy Meeting, to be chaired by the Honourable Minister of Education.
At the meeting, guidelines for the 2026 admission exercise…— Fabian Benjamin (@FabianB58246501) May 10, 2026
