The Federal Government has reversed its decision to benchmark the admission age for tertiary institutions at 18 years in Nigeria
Edu-Biznews recalled that the sacked Minister of Education, Prof.Tahir Mamman had insisted on the implementation of the 18years age-limit for candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions beginning from next academic session, which generated controversy among major stakeholders with most of the private school owners condemning the policy
But the newly appointed Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the reversal of the decision during his maiden news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
The briefing allowed the minister to unveil his blueprint and explained the decision to reverse the policy on the 18-year age limit for admission into tertiary institutions.
“We will work with JAMB and our universities to ensure that people that are matriculating into our universities will arrive at 16 years", he stated
“So, we will not be going with the 18 years; we will go back to what we have before which is 16 years," he assured stakeholders
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