The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says the new cut-off mark for admission into universities, polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of education will affect the standard of education.
Mr. Usman Dutse, President of the union, on Friday in Lagos said that the union did not buy the decision of JAMB and what it intended to achieve with the development.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede had, on Tuesday, after the 2017 policy committee meeting, announced 120 as the minimum cut-off point for admission into degree-awarding institutions.
The cut-off mark for admission into polytechnics and colleges of education was fixed at 100.
Oloyede, however, said the institutions are at liberty to raise their cut off marks for admission above the minimum benchmark set by the board.
Dutse, in his reaction, said,“We believe that the cut-off mark is too low, and if adopted…
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