July 08, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has officially pegged the minimum entry age to Nigerian universities and tertiary institutions at 16 years.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced this on Tuesday while declaring open the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja.
Warning that heads of institutions found to be engaged in admission fraud would face prosecution, the minister said any admission conducted outside of the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) would be illegal and perpetrators would be prosecuted.
Alausa declared that the official age of 16 set by the government is not negotiable.
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