2020 UTME cut-off marks not ready –JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it has not yet fixed the cut – off marks for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination . It described the cut -off marks being circulated on the Internet as fake .
The board stated this in its weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent on Sunday.
It stated that the 2020 UTME cut -off marks would be decided at a stakeholders ’ policy meeting that would be chaired by the Minister of Education , Adamu Adamu .
JAMB said , “Kindly disregard any cut -off marks paraded by fraudsters . It is fake news .”
The board ’s Head of Media and Information , Dr Fabian Benjamin , added , “The board has fixed the policy meeting for June 15 and 16 , 2020 . Cut-off marks are decided at a policy meeting chaired by the Minister of Education with all the heads of tertiary institutions , chief executive officers of regulatory agencies in education and all other critical stakeholders in attendance.
“This meeting has been fixed for June 15 and 16 , all things being equal . Until this meeting is held , nobody can talk about cut – off marks . Nigerians are advised to disregard any such marks being paraded.”
Meanwhile , JAMB has delisted nine Computer -Based Test centres used in the conduct of the 2020 UTME for engaging in various infractions .
While one was delisted for conniving with candidates to engage in malpractices during the conduct of the UTME, others were delisted for technical deficiency.

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