Despite protest from stakeholders, the federal government has pegged admission age into tertiary institutions at 18 years.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
TheHintsNews reports that the minister was restating his earlier position that candidates below 18 were responsible for crises in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
However, his assertion was greeted with open protests from participants at the event.
Following the announcement, everyone in the hall began protesting loudly, shouting, “No, no, no!”
Unfazed by the protest, Mamman stood his ground, insisting that the decision was already a federal government policy.
He was of the opinion that the decision of the government was aimed at addressing some of the major problems facing tertiary institutions, especially universities.
