- As JAMB publishes the 2026 cut-off mark for admission into universities and polytechnics, a young man spoke out
- The individual who wrote the UTME exam 4 different times took to his media page to react to the announcement of JAMB
- The cut-off mark for admission into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of nursing has gone viral online
Just moments after the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced the official 2026 cut-off marks for admission into universities, colleges of nursing, and polytechnics, a young man who wrote the UTME exam four different times spoke out.
The body, JAMB, had earlier announced that its policy meeting would hold on 11 May 2026.
Source: Twitter
Man reacts to JAMB 2026 cut-off mark
During the important meeting, several announcements were made by the body, as contained in different news publications made by Legit.ng.
As JAMB continues to roll out new policies, a post where the body listed the cut-off marks for admission into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of nursing for the 2026 academic session caught the attention of a young man.
The statement posted by @JAMBHQ, the official media page of the body, announced:
“The Heads of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria had unanimously agreed that the minimum admissible scores for admissions into universities should be 150, colleges of nursing 150, and polytechnics 100.”
Seeing this, the young man, @Pristine_Alex, immediately took to his comment page to share his frustration.
Source: Twitter
He explained that he wrote the JAMB exam multiple times but could not secure admission. However, now JAMB has set the UTME cut-off mark at a low level, which he believes might affect the value of education in the country.
His statement:
“After I suffered writing JAMB 4 times, scoring above 180 in all, and still I couldn’t gain admission.”
“Our education system is dying gradually. These Gen Z are very lucky.”
Reactions as JAMB releases cut-off marks
@_Daytonaa shared:
“These people do not actually care about us,they just want to make money from sales of PostUtme form and all. My uni once admitted more students into a department than the approved quota allowed. After issuing provisional admissions and collecting admission fees, they had to transfer some students to other departments.”
@oaf_sage shared:
“It’s time to wrap it up. Which exams body sets the passing grade to 37.5% for any course at all, let alone nursing? Keep it at that cut off and more students will fail because nobody put in the work once the bar is low; people don’t stretch themselves to be myopic or average.”
@BlessedGlory_1 added:
“Ahhhhhhhh. So this boy in my house that hardly picked up his book and got 161 can also put in for a university in Nigeria. How would the coming generation look like my God? “
@Abdulrah_maan said:
“Why should anyone that scores 150 or 100 out of a possible score of 400 be admitted into an institution of learning? We play too much in this country.”
@ChidozieUk60956 noted:
“THIS IS CRAZY!!! SO LIKE THAT THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARD IS FALLING… THEY HAD TO REDUCE CUT-OFF MARK TO ADMIT MORE STUDENTS… APC YOU DO THIS ONE!! “
@TeeTomes added:
“Why does the standard of education keep declining? It’s honestly becoming very concerning. The system keeps encouraging these students not to put in enough effort, once there’s mass failure, the solution seems to be lowering educational standards. It’s truly appalling.”
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In a similar story, Legit.ng reported that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates seeking admission into education programmes will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) starting from 2027.
The decision was made during the 2026 JAMB policy meeting in Abuja, where education stakeholders approved new admission guidelines.
JAMB sets 150 cut-off mark for universities
Meanwhile, Legit.ng recently reported that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for university admission for the 2026/2027 academic session.
The decision was taken during its policy meeting in Abuja, where heads of tertiary institutions also agreed that polytechnics will adopt 100 as their cut-off mark, while colleges of nursing will use 150.
Source: Legit.ng