Breaking: UNILAG/JAMB Backtrack And Allow Students Who Scored 200 And Above To Write Post-Utme Screening

Following the protests the greeted the decision by The university of Lagos (UNILAG) and the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) to increase the cut off mark for its post UTME exercise to 250, the school authorities have however reversed the decision, by allowing students who scored 200 and above in the 2015 UTME exam and picked UNILAG as their first choice to be eligible.

Read statement from the UNILAG website below;


CONSEQUENT UPON JAMB’S REVERSAL OF ITS EARLIER POLICY TO LIMIT ELIGIBILITY FOR POST–UTME SCREENING TO 200% OF THE UNIVERSITY’S CARRYING CAPACITY, ALL CANDIDATES WHOSE FIRST CHOICE IS UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS AND SCORED 200 AND ABOVE IN THE 2015 UNIFIED TERTIARY MATRICULATION EXAMINATIONS (UTME) ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THE POST–UTME SCREENING.