JAMB Releases 2014 Admission Cut-Off Marks, Universities 180 While Poly, COE 150

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The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has released the cut-off marks for the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

The board retained the existing 180 cut-off mark for admission into universities in Nigeria.

It also pegged the cut-off marks for admission into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education (COE) at 150.

ASUU STRIKE UPDATE: Nigeria Universities may Re-Open Next Week With Or Without ASUU

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In a last ditch effort to solve the ASUU strike, President GEJ will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa.  This is part of the resolutions of the meeting involving the ASUU leadership, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of Education on Tuesday as was first reported by this medium.

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SSANU Threatens: We Will Paralyse Nigerian Universities

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The union said it may be forced to embark on a strike.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, will on February 22 determine its next line of action after mobilising its members to prepare for a possible industrial action, a unionist said. Alfred Jimoh, the National Vice President of the South-West Zone of the Union, who spoke on Thursday in a telephone interview in Lagos on the possible strike, said. "The National Executive Committee, NEC of the union will be meeting next week Friday and after then, we shall come out with the next line of action," he said.