The Federal University in Gusau (FUGUS) has set 170 as
cut-off mark for the 2017/2018 admission into the institution, against the
minimum 120 set by JAMB.
The Information Officer of the University, Malam Umar Usman,
told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Saturday that the
university’s management took the decision.
He said the cut-off mark was set at after getting statistic
show that most of the candidates who applied for admission into the university
scored 120 and above in their JAMB exams.
He said the university was only given a quota to admit 1,500
students through JAMB and Direct Entry for the coming academic session.
According to him, over 5,000 applicants applied for
admission into the university.
“If we will stick to the 120 minimum cut off marks given by
the JAMB, majority of applicants who are going to attend the University’s
aptitude test for the admission will not get it.
“We decided to minimize the difficulty by raising our points
to 170 so that most of those that will pay for post the UTME in the university
will get the admission,’’ he said.
He noted that the university also run Pre-degree programme
in Science, Art and Social Science with candidates who would also be considered
for admission to make up for 1, 500 students required for the session.
Usman said the university is soliciting more assistance from
well-to-do individuals and private organisations to provide more
infrastructures that would make JAMB increase the quota given to the
institution.
He said that for the admission quota to be increased there
should be adequate infrastructures and facilities in place.
(NAN)
