COE Hong Social Studies (NCE) Cut-Off Mark 2027/2028 and Requirements

There is no published COE Hong Social Studies cut off mark for 2027/2028, and for 2026/2027 you did not need a UTME score at all. Adamawa State College of Education, Hong admits into NCE Social Studies on its own and in pairings with CRS, English, French and Islamic Studies. In May 2026 the Federal Government exempted NCE candidates with at least four O’level credit passes from the UTME. You still register with JAMB, and your admission still passes through JAMB CAPS. For Social Studies, your credits in English and in social science subjects such as Government, Civic Education, Economics or Geography matter most.

2027/2028 update: COE Hong admission requirements and the JAMB entry rules for NCE usually stay the same from one year to the next, so the position on this page is what 2027/2028 candidates should plan with. It comes from the latest official position (2026/2027). If the 2027/2028 rules change anything, we will update this page.

Adamawa State College of Education, Hong (COE Hong, sometimes written ADSCOEH) has not published a cut-off mark, a departmental minimum or a screening score for Social Studies in any notice I could find. I found no official college website or admission portal, and no 2025/2026 or 2026/2027 admission advert from it. So this page sticks to what is official: the national rules from JAMB and the Federal Ministry of Education, the course list JAMB carries for the college, and the registration steps JAMB set out for NCE in 2026. Where I give advice, such as a safe O’level target, I label it as mine.

JAMB’s course list for COE Hong carries Social Studies as five entries: “Education and Social Studies” (listed without a partner subject), CRS/Social Studies, English/Social Studies, French/Social Studies and Islamic Studies/Social Studies. I found no notice suspending any of them, but I also found no 2026/2027 advert that names the combinations admitting this year, so confirm your exact pairing with the college before you pay for anything.

COE Hong Social Studies cut off mark at a glance

COE Hong Social Studies cut off mark: cut-off history

If a blog quotes a single “COE Hong cut-off mark” for every course, ask where it came from. The only official figure, 100, was JAMB’s national floor for all colleges of education in 2025/2026. I found no COE Hong document that sets a separate figure for Social Studies. For 2026/2027 that floor stopped mattering for NCE candidates who use the no-UTME route, because there is no UTME score to compare.

Do you need JAMB or UTME for Social Studies at COE Hong?

You need JAMB. You no longer need the UTME, as long as you have at least four O’level credit passes. Three official statements set this out in 2026:

• 11 May 2026: at JAMB’s 2026 policy meeting, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said NCE candidates with a minimum of four credit passes will no longer sit the UTME. They must still register with JAMB, and their results are verified through CAPS before admission letters are issued.
• June 2026: JAMB published its NCE registration guide. It also says no 100 level or 200 level degree admission into any college of education is allowed from 2026/2027, including affiliated degree programmes. Everyone entering a college of education now enters through NCE.
• 23 July 2026: JAMB announced that NCE registration without UTME had opened at Institutional Professional Registration Centres (IPRCs) in colleges of education and at JAMB Professional Registration Centres nationwide.

One report muddied the timing. Nairametrics wrote on 11 May 2026 that the exemption would start from the 2027 admission cycle, while JAMB’s own June 2026 guide and the July 2026 registration opening show it already applied to the 2026/2027 intake. For a 2027/2028 candidate the two readings land in the same place: no UTME for NCE, provided you have the four credits and you register with JAMB.

What the JAMB NCE registration costs

These are the 2026/2027 amounts in JAMB’s guide. The 2027/2028 guide may change them, so confirm the figure at the centre before you pay.

Safe target for Social Studies at COE Hong (my advice)

This is my judgement as an admissions adviser. COE Hong has not published any ranking rule.

With no UTME score in the NCE route, the college can only compare applicants on their O’level results. Your grades in English and in your social science subjects carry the weight a UTME score used to carry. This is how I would read your chances:

If you are also writing the 2027 UTME to keep a university option open, aim for at least 150, the 2026 national minimum for universities. That score is for the university route only. Under the 2026 rules your COE Hong NCE admission does not depend on it.

UTME subject combination and O’level requirements for Social Studies at COE Hong

Look at the gap between the two O’level rows. The federal exemption speaks of four credits, while colleges of education have usually asked for five. Until COE Hong publishes its own requirement, I would apply with five credits including English and two social science subjects, so neither rule can be used against you.

Social Studies combinations JAMB lists for COE Hong

Social Studies is the subject every junior secondary school must staff, which makes it one of the safest NCE choices for employment. At COE Hong you can take it in these forms:

• Education and Social Studies: the entry JAMB lists without a partner subject; confirm with the college whether it runs as a double major.
• CRS/Social Studies: suits candidates with a CRS credit.
• English/Social Studies: needs a strong English credit; you can then teach both subjects.
• French/Social Studies: needs French at O’level or a good French background.
• Islamic Studies/Social Studies: suits candidates with an Islamic Studies credit.

How COE Hong screening and admission works for Social Studies

COE Hong has not published a screening test, a screening fee or screening dates for 2025/2026 or 2026/2027 in any source I reached. A blog that covers the college’s admission list gives only general advice to check the portal and CAPS, and I could not find an official college portal address to give you. Treat any form price you see on a blog or a WhatsApp flyer as unconfirmed until the college itself publishes it.

What is official is JAMB’s part. Under its 2026 NCE guide, the college’s Admission Officer proposes candidates on CAPS, the Provost recommends them, and JAMB checks each candidate’s O’level through the verification code against the exam body’s own records before the offer shows on CAPS. A candidate recommended for NCE has any UTME process suspended.

Worked example for a Social Studies applicant (illustrative)

COE Hong has not published an aggregate formula, so there is nothing to multiply. What you can do is test your result against both O’level rules and JAMB’s process. This example is illustrative.

Hauwa has one NECO sitting: English C5, Civic Education B3, Government B2, Economics C6, Mathematics C6, Islamic Studies C4 and Biology D7. She wants Islamic Studies/Social Studies.

1. Credit count: English, Civic Education, Government, Economics, Mathematics and Islamic Studies are credits. Six credits clears the four-credit rule.
2. Five-credit check: English and Mathematics both included, one sitting.
3. Subject check: three social science credits plus a C4 in Islamic Studies cover both sides of her pairing.
4. Process: a one-sitting NECO verification code (₦1,500), IPRC registration with COE Hong as first choice (₦3,500 plus ₦700), then CAPS.

Bitrus has two sittings: WAEC with English C6, Government C5 and CRS B3, and NECO with Economics C5, Geography C6 and Mathematics D7. Combined, he has five credits including English, so he pays ₦2,000 for two verification codes and applies for CRS/Social Studies. The two-sitting route is allowed by JAMB, though a single sitting usually reads better if the college ranks applicants.

Your chances of admission into Social Studies at COE Hong

Social Studies usually draws many applicants because so many candidates have the right O’level subjects. COE Hong does not publish numbers, but in my judgement five credits with English and two social sciences in one sitting puts you in a good position. Candidates who miss out usually registered late, picked a pairing without the matching credit, or left COE Hong as a second choice.

• Make COE Hong your first choice. JAMB sends each NCE registration to the first-choice college.
• Get the verification code right. CAPS compares it with the exam body’s record, and a mismatch stops the process.
• Do not register as Awaiting Results unless you must. You cannot be proposed until the result is uploaded.
• Keep checking CAPS. The offer appears there, and it is not valid until you accept it.

How to apply for Social Studies at COE Hong, step by step

1. Get your JAMB profile code: send NIN, a space and your 11-digit NIN to 55019 or 66019 from the phone line linked to your NIN.
2. Buy your O’level verification code: from WAEC, NECO, NABTEB or NBAIS. JAMB lists ₦1,500 for one sitting and ₦2,000 for two. Note your exam year, exam number and subjects.
3. Register for NCE at a JAMB centre or IPRC: log in to your e-Facility profile with the profile code, select NCE registration, pay ₦3,500 plus the ₦700 centre charge, and choose College of Education, Hong as your first choice with the Social Studies combination you want. Your biometrics are captured and you get a registration slip.
4. Upload your O’level: enter your results and the verification code at the centre. These are the results CAPS will check.
5. Already registered for the UTME? If a college of education was your first choice, JAMB migrates your application. You update your profile with the verification code and pay ₦700 only.
6. Complete COE Hong’s own form if the college asks for one: the college has not published a 2026/2027 portal or form price in any source I reached. Confirm at the admissions office in Hong before paying anyone.
7. Accept on CAPS: log in at efacility.jamb.gov.ng, open Check Admission Status, then Access my CAPS. Accept the offer and print your JAMB admission letter. Our JAMB CAPS guide explains each status.
8. Pay the acceptance fee and register: COE Hong has not published its acceptance or school fees in any official source I reached. Pay only through the channel the college gives on its admission letter or notice board.

JAMB set 31 December 2026 as the 2026/2027 admission deadline for colleges of education, and that window runs until 31 December 2026. A 2027/2028 deadline will come with the 2027 policy meeting.

Studying NCE Social Studies at COE Hong

COE Hong is a state-owned college of education at Hong in Adamawa State. It began as the Advanced Teachers College, Hong, and its first session started in January 1983 (Wikipedia gives two different founding years, so I leave the exact year out). Wikipedia names its schools as Education, Humanities, Languages, and Pure and Applied Sciences. The college has not said which school runs Social Studies; it fits the Humanities school, but that is my grouping, not the college’s. The NCE normally takes three years full time; the college has not stated the duration on any page I reached.

What you study

• Social Studies content: Nigerian society and culture, citizenship and civic education, social problems, population and environment, the economy and government.
• Your second subject: if you take a pairing, CRS, English, French or Islamic Studies alongside Social Studies.
• Education courses: educational psychology, curriculum studies and methods of teaching Social Studies.
• General studies: Use of English, computer literacy and other compulsory courses.
• Teaching practice: supervised teaching in a school, usually in the final year.

Accreditation

NCE programmes are regulated by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). NCCE’s list of accredited colleges lists the college as open, under the name “College of Education, Hong (Adamawa State College of Education)”. I did not confirm the NCCE status of the Social Studies programme itself, so I am not claiming it. Ask the college for the current programme status before you accept an offer.

Careers and further study

• Teaching: Social Studies in primary and junior secondary schools, where every school needs it.
• Registration: with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN).
• Other work: community development, civic education programmes and NGO field work.
• Degree later: a B.Ed or B.Sc (Ed) in Social Studies or a related subject at a university. JAMB ended new affiliated degree admissions into colleges of education from 2026/2027.

Related COE Hong courses

• COE Hong cut-off mark for all NCE programmes
• COE Hong Christian Religious Studies (NCE) cut-off mark
• COE Hong History and Geography (NCE) cut-off mark
• COE Hong English combinations (NCE) cut-off mark

If you also plan to write the 2027 UTME, see our guide to JAMB 2027 registration dates. If you are switching your first choice to COE Hong, read JAMB change of institution. For a federal option in the same state, compare FCE Yola Social Studies.

Mistakes that cost Social Studies applicants a COE Hong place

• Applying with no social science credit: a credit in Government, Civic Education or Economics is what the department will look for.
• Picking a pairing at random: French/Social Studies without French at O’level is a weak application.
• Waiting for a UTME score: under the 2026 rules NCE candidates with four credits do not need one, and waiting can mean missing the admission window.
• Paying for a form from an unverified link: COE Hong has not published a portal in any source I reached. Confirm with the college first.
• Accepting on CAPS and doing nothing else: the acceptance fee and registration at the college are separate steps.

COE Hong Social Studies cut off mark: frequently asked questions

Does COE Hong offer Social Studies? Yes. JAMB’s list for the college carries “Education and Social Studies” plus pairings with CRS, English, French and Islamic Studies. Confirm your option is admitting this session.

What is the cut-off mark for Social Studies in COE Hong? COE Hong has not published one. NCE candidates with four O’level credits were exempted from UTME for 2026/2027; the 2025/2026 national minimum for colleges of education was 100.

Is Civic Education accepted as a social science credit? COE Hong has not published a subject list. Civic Education is widely accepted for Social Studies, but pair it with Government or Economics to be safe.

Can I combine WAEC and NECO for Social Studies at COE Hong? JAMB accepts two sittings and charges ₦2,000 for two verification codes. COE Hong has not published its own sittings rule, so ask the college if you are relying on two results.

Sources and updates

The UTME exemption for NCE candidates with four credit passes, the JAMB registration and CAPS requirement, the 31 December 2026 deadline for colleges of education and the warning that admissions outside CAPS are illegal come from the News Agency of Nigeria report of 11 May 2026 on JAMB’s 2026 policy meeting, also reported by TheNigeriaLawyer the same day. The fees, verification code, IPRC registration, CAPS proposal and recommendation, Awaiting Results rule, UTME conversion and the end of degree admissions into colleges of education come from JAMB’s 2026 NCE and ND registration guide. The opening of NCE registration without UTME is from Nairametrics (23 July 2026). The 2025/2026 national minimum of 100 for colleges of education is from Nairametrics, 8 July 2025. The Social Studies combinations at COE Hong come from Myschool’s reprint of JAMB’s course list for the college, and the college’s status from NCCE’s list of accredited colleges (both checked on 3 November 2026). The college’s history and school names are from Wikipedia. UTME subjects are JAMB’s usual combination and the five-credit rule is general college of education practice; neither was confirmed on a COE Hong notice. COE Hong’s own cut-off, screening details and fees were not published in any source reached. Checked on 3 November 2026; this page will be updated when COE Hong or JAMB publishes the 2027/2028 position.

Jude Chinecherem

I am Jude Chinecherem, a final-year MBBS student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. I know what it feels like to want an education your family cannot afford. When my parents could not pay for my schooling, I had to learn how to find scholarships and work the system out on my own, with nobody to guide me. I came out the other side, and now I share everything I learned so the next student does not have to figure it out alone. This is the advice I wish someone had given me back then.