- Age of admission into tertiary institution 16 years, no more 18 – Tunji Alausa
Federal Government has finally bowed to pressure and reverse its decision about 18-year admission age for tertiary institutions.
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The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this, Tuesday, during inaugural press briefing in Abuja.
“We will not be going forward with the 18-years admission benchmark. We will go for 16 years and we are going to meet with JAMB and others on that.
“There will also be exceptions for the gifted students. Eighteen-years is not part of our policy again,” Alausa said.
Recently, the ministry of education came up with the foolish policy that it wouldn’t be legal for any tertiary institution to admit any candidate under the age of 18.
The development sparked widespread criticism, with both the seasoned academics and average Nigerian hurling insults on the government that doesn’t even take care of its graduates.
“Why should they (Federal Government) be this insensitive? Even when you wait until 50 years before you start school, you’ll still graduate to face unemployment. The whole idea is nonsense,” said former Vice-Chancellor of a first-rate university in Nigeria.
Many echoed same sentiment, arguing the policy had only negative implications for the country on the long run.
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Announcing the reversal, Tunji Alausa added that the position of the government on certificates obtained from Togo and Benin Republic remains valid.
Henceforth, the Minister said, he would be collaborating with Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to tackle the challenges of nutritions among to reduce number of out-of-school children in the country.
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