From next year, anybody applying to go to university in Nigeria will have to meet the required age which is 18 - Education Minister Tahir Mamman
From next year, anybody applying to go to university in Nigeria will have to meet the required age which is 18 - Education Minister Tahir Mamman On "Sunday Politics" on Channels Television, Education Minister Tahir Mamman declared that the Federal Government has implemented a new age policy for secondary school leaving examinations, with the minimum age being 18. Candidates who are underage will no longer be permitted to take the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which are both essential for moving on to higher education. The National Examinations Council (NECO), which oversees the SSCE, and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), which conducts the WASSCE, are both impacted by the decision. Furthermore, Minister Mamman reaffirmed that the minimum age to take the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)-administered Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be eighteen...