NYSC DG Seeks Synergy at 2023 JAMB Policy Meeting

The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has sought for synergy among the participants during the 2023 Policy Meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

The DG urged participants and other stakeholders to seize the opportunity to focus on broader issues of National importance, especially the education sector.

General Ahmed whose address was read at the forum by the Director, Corps Mobilization, Hajia Walida Siddique Isa added that NYSC will be eager to see how some of the resolutions will positively impact on the realization of some of the Scheme’s mandates.

The Policy Meeting was scheduled to chart policy directions for the Nation’s tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines, and make a holistic review of application statistics, performance, and acceptable minimum admission standards.

Consequently, JAMB and tertiary education stakeholders approved the “National Minimum tolerable UTME Score (NTMUS),” otherwise known as the cut-off mark for 2023 admission into the Nations tertiary institutions. Therefore, the benchmark of 140 for Universities and 100 for Polytechnics and colleges of education were arrived at during the meeting.

The policy meeting, which was presided over by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Andrew David Adejoh, arrived at the decision of setting the benchmark following recommendations by the heads of institutions.

Prof Ishaq Oloyede, the JAMB Registrar had earlier made a presentation, updating the house on the 2022 admissions exercise and the 2023 UTME/DE performances.

Also in attendance at the meeting were Vice-Chancellors of Universities, Rectors of Polytechnics, Provosts of Colleges of Education and other heads of regulatory bodies.