ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has hailed the move by the Federal Government to set 18 years as the minimum university entry age.
Pararrel Facts reported that the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed that the Federal Government is contemplating setting 18 years as the minimum entry age for admission into universities and other tertiary institutions.
Prof. Osodeke said this move by the federal government is a positive step forward.
READ ALSO: Suspend The Six Months Jail Term, Fine Me for Each Charge – Bobrisky Appeals
He said. “We are in full support. It is the right thing. What the minister said is the correct thing.
“The issue of age benchmarks is not a new thing. It’s just that regulators have not been doing their work.”
“In those days, you could not go to primary school if you were not six years old. Then you spend six years and finish at age 12, and then by the time you get to secondary school, you spend six years and then you graduate by 18,” Oshodeke explained
Meanwhile, the standard admission age currently set by most tertiary institutions in the country is 16 years, unless a candidate is certified as gifted
