The Minister of Education, Mr. Tunji Alausa, has said the Federal Government has pegged the minimum age for tertiary school admissions at 16 years.
The minister spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the 2025 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). In July 2024, the former Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, had set 18 years as the minimum age for admissions.
Following his removal, Mammanโs successor, Alausa, reversed the policy to tentatively cap the admission age at 16. JAMB had added that exceptionally brilliant candidates below 16 could sit for its annual Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). (Thisday)
