Nigeria: Minister Makes U-Turn, Asks JAMB, Institutions to Admit Candidates From 16 Years

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the minister had, earlier in his speech, directed the institutions not to admit candidates below the age of 18.

The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, has granted approval for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Nigerian tertiary institutions to admit candidates from the age of 16.

This followed objections and pleas by heads of tertiary institutions present at the policy meeting on the 2024 admission organised by JAMB and held in Abuja on…