The Federal Government has reversed its decision to set 18 as the minimum admission age for tertiary institutions, now allowing students to enter at 16.
Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, announced the change during his first press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, where he outlined his educational vision.
“We will work with JAMB and our universities to ensure that people matriculating into our universities will arrive at 16 years,” Alausa said. “So, we will not be going with the 18 years; we will go back to what we had before, which is 16 years.”
