National Common Entrance Cut Off Mark For Unity Schools 2025/2026

Federal Government Secondary Schools (Unity Schools) cut-off mark is a major criteria that determines whether candidates will be offered admission or not into any of the 104 unity schools in Nigeria after the National Common Entrance Examination has been conducted.

Update: You can now check the unity schools admission status.

In the 2025 National Common Entrance Examination, out of the maximum obtainable score of 210, thirteen candidates obtained the highest score of 202, while 27 candidates obtained the lowest score of 1. The total score is graded over 210.

According to the minister for education, the admission criteria for selection set by FG for unity schools is as follows:

• The national merit mark would take 60%, which implies that those admitted are those who meet the cut-off mark set.
• Equality of state 30%, which implies the state level minimum score. So, the catchment area or state of origin might be considered.
• and other factors (exigency) 10%.
• Candidates who apply for schools outside their state of origin will be given priority

It is also worth noting that each Federal Government Secondary School is more competitive than the other. King’s College, Queen’s College, FGCS Benin, FGCS Akure, etc. are among the best federal secondary schools in Nigeria and are highly competitive. This is so because of the performance of the students in WASSCE and national competitions. Also, the volume of applicants seeking JSS 1 admission into the schools is high.

So apart from the unity school minimum point, the admission will favour those in the top percentile. This means that candidates who score more than the minimum required mark in the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) will be given preference over those who manage to meet the cut-off point.