FG Stops Admissions For Less Than 18-Year-Old Candidates.

Federal Government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years.

The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman gave the directive during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, , in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory and decried the activities of some parent, who were pressuring their underage students to get admissions into tertiary institutions,

The minister said that the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4 system of education and tertiary institutions should be able to have a meaningful life after primary and secondary school’s education and the only solution to this is skill acquisition.

Supporting the minister’s position on the benchmark of 18 years for admission to tertiary institution, the JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin said 18 years is in line with the 6-3-3-4 education system.

The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu who was in the monitoring team applauded the conduct of the 2024 UTME, particularly, the introduction of online examinations as a way of checking malpractices, adding that,