Nigerians have lamented the new cut-off mark for universities, polytechnics and other higher institutions as released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB).
Concise News had reported that JAMB pegged the new cut-off mark for universities at 160 from the obtainable score of 400 for those who sat the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
However, several Nigerians who took to Twitter to lament, saying that the standard of education in the country had fallen.
This news medium gathered the reactions as seen below:
See by the time we are Writng our own Jamb, our cutt-off mark would be 080. 😂🤣😆😀
— Omo Mushin😅 (@RefillYourGas)
Old cut off mark: 200
2017 cut off mark: 180
2019: 160
2021: 140
2023: 120
……
2035: No more exams, just register for Jamb, pay school fees and enter school. We need your money and una olodo don too much.Energy. 💪🏽
— Umeh and 99 others (@UMEHoma)
“Education is not the true test of knowledge” as an argument to defend folks who cannot score 200/400 in JAMB is weak. Come up with a smarter defence.
— Dr. Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo)
If you cannot score 200/400 you should write JAMB again. Lowering the standard encourages mediocrity.
— Dr. Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo)
U scored 99 in jamb and u choosed medical doctor, my dear u are not even qualify to be a native doctor..😂😂😂😂😂
— OTEDOLA's ADOPTED SON 🥳 (@yummi_official)
Wen ur JAMB score is 159…nearly…chai nearly 😭.
— URCTHELORD (@urclord)
If JAMB could lower cut-off from 180 to 160. Why can't universities lower the GPA for first class too?
Are they not the same? 😐
— Your Gist Partner (@GistPaddy)
Jamb is reducing cut off marks.
Obviously, the wokeness of this generation does not extend to their studies.
Sad!
— Afụ Nwa na Tuwita! (@iam_realjayson)
