Before admission into any of the 140 Unity Federal Government schools in Nigeria,a National entrance examination has to be passed. This is a major criteria for securing admission into any of the schools. The national cut off marks for 2020/2021 has been peg at 142.
Three students got the highest scores, Umeonyiagu Chinua Crucifixio, Anambra scored 199, Onwuamanam Udochukwu, Enugu scored 198 while Salaam Mariam Aderemilekun, Lagos scored 197 respectively.
According to the minister for education, the admission criteria set by FG for unity schools is as follows:National merit or the cut off mark would take 60%, equality of state 30%, and other factors 10%.
Unity School Cut off Mark for Each State
Abia – 130
Adamawa – 62
Akwa-Ibom – 123
Anambra – 139
Bauchi – 35
Bayelsa – 72
Benue – 111
Borno – 45
Cross River – 97
Delta – 131
Ebonyi – 112
Edo – 127
Ekiti – 119
Enugu – 134
Gombe – 58
Imo – 138
Jigawa – 44
Kaduna – 91
Kano – 67
Katsina – 60
Kebbi – 9 (male) 20 (female)
Kogi – 119Kwara – 123Lagos – 133
Nasarawa – 58
Niger – 93
Ogun – 131
Ondo – 126
Osun – 127
Oyo – 127
Plateau – 97
Rivers – 118
Sokoto – 9 (male) 13 (female)
Taraba – 3 (male) 11 (female)
Yobe – 2 (male) 27 (female)
Zamfara – 4 (male) 2 (female)
FCT Abuja – 90
