08-07-2025 11:46 via vanguardngr.com

Breaking: FG pegs admission age at 16

By Joseph Erunke, AbujaThe federal government has officially pegged entry admission year into the nation’s tertiary institutions at age 16.This came as the government warned that any admission conducted outside of the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, would be illegal and perpetrators would be prosecuted.Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, said this on Tuesday while declaring open the ongoing Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in Abuja.He w
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