The federal government has announced that the official age for entry admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions is pegged at 16.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made the announcement while declaring open the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in Abuja on Tuesday.
The government warned that any admission conducted outside of the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, would be illegal adding that perpetrators would be prosecuted.
He warned that the heads of institutions found to be engaged in admission fraud would face prosecution.
Alausa declared that the official age of 16 set by the government is not negotiable.
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