Stakeholders in Nigeria’s polytechnic education sector have decried what they described as persistent discriminatory admission policies and systemic neglect of polytechnics.
For the 2026 admissions, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board sets the minimum baseline for university admissions at 150, while polytechnics and colleges of education are pegged lower, at 100.
They warned that the trend is discouraging enrolment, depriving the country of critical technical manpower and undermining efforts to drive industrial development.
The concerns were raised at the maiden International Conference of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti Chapter, held virtually.
The event brought together academics, administrators, union leaders, alumni and industry stakeholders.
In a communiqué issued at the end of the conference and signed by the Chairman of the Conference Organising Committee, Dr Peter Ajewole, and the Secretary, Dr Ige Ayeni, participants lamented that disparities in admission cut-off marks between universities and polytechnics continued to
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