The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will hold its 2026 Policy Meeting on Monday, where key decisions on admissions into tertiary institutions across Nigeria will be considered, including the approval of minimum cut-off marks for the 2026 admission exercise.
In a statement issued on Sunday by its public communications advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the board stated that the meeting will be chaired by the minister of education and will bring together stakeholders from the education sector to determine “guidelines for the 2026 admission exercise at all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.”
According to the announcement, the session will also review and establish admission standards, such as “the determination of the minimum tolerable scores for admissions,” which have typically guided entry criteria into universities, polytechnics, and schools of education.
The Board also revealed that the 2026 Policy Meeting will host a group from Sierra Leone, including the country’s Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. Sarjoh Aziz Kamara, along with two vice-chancellors—Prof. Edwin Momoh of Ernest Bai Koroma.
The visiting team reportedly expressed gratitude to JAMB, stating that increased admission demand in Sierra Leone has posed significant obstacles, whereas the Nigerian model “offers practical solutions to issues they had long sought to address.”
The statement reaffirmed the Board’s role and added a note about its relevance in the education system, implying that the admission structure it oversees remains central to tertiary placement in Nigeria and warning that critics of its existence “may better appreciate its strategic importance” in a scenario without it.
