Nigeria, May 11 -- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the tertiary education stakeholders have approved the Minimum Admissible UTME Score, also known as the "cut-off" point, for the 2026 admission into the nation's universities, polytechnics and colleges of nursing.

During this year's annual policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions held in Abuja on Monday, the meeting adopted 150 as the benchmark for admission into universities and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education.

The meeting adopted 150 for Colleges of Nursing across the country.

From this year, applicants to Colleges of Education no longer need UTME for admissions, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, earlier announced.

The deci...