The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has announced that the federal government has officially set the entry admission age into the nation’s tertiary institutions at 16.
Naija News reports that Alausa made this known on Tuesday while declaring open the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja.
Alausa declared that the official age of 16 set by the government is not negotiable.
He also warned that any admission conducted outside of the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) would be illegal, and perpetrators would be prosecuted.
Alausa added that the heads of institutions found to be engaged in admission fraud would face prosecution.
More details to come…
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