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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has ordered that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman gave the directive on Monday during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n

He decried the activities of some parent, who were pressuring their underage students to get admissions into tertiary institutions,<\/p>\n

The minister said that the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4 system of education.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minimum age of entry into the University is 18, but we have seen students who are 15, 16 years going in for the entrance examination.<\/p>\n

\u201cParents should be encouraged not to push their wards too much. Mostly, it is the pressure of parents that is causing this.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to look at this development because the candidates are too young to understand what the whole university education is all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the period when children migrate from controlled to uncontrolled environments; when they are in charge of their own affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, if they are too young, they won\u2019t be able to manage properly. I think that is part of what we are seeing in the Universities today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On skill acquisition for those who will not be able to gain admissions into tertiary institutions, Mamman said the ministry is taking skills to pupils from primary school.<\/p>\n

\u201c In overall, it is 20 per cent that can be admitted into the University, Polytechnic and Colleges of Education system.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, where will the 80 per cent go to? That is why the issue of skills acquisition is very important.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny student who is unable to proceed to tertiary institutions should be able to have a meaningful life after primary and secondary school\u2019s education and the only solution to this is skill acquisition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Corroborating the minister\u2019s position on the benchmark of 18 years for admission to tertiary institutions, the JAMB spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin said 18 years is in line with the 6-3-3-4 education system.<\/p>\n

The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu who was in the monitoring team applauded the conduct of the 2024 UTME, particularly, the introduction of online examinations as a way of checking malpractices.<\/p>\n

He said the Computer Based Test (CBT) had reduced examination malpractices to the barest minimum.<\/p>\n

Sununu commended the Board for setting a simple but high standard for the examination.<\/p>\n

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