{"id":28418,"date":"2024-04-22T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=28418"},"modified":"2024-04-22T16:34:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:34:46","slug":"fg-mandates-18-years-as-minimum-entry-age-into-tertiary-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/22\/fg-mandates-18-years-as-minimum-entry-age-into-tertiary-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Mandates 18 Years as Minimum Entry Age into Tertiary Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ejvtv-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ejvtv-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-17\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5659c627-c9a3-4b2f-bda6-df9a33503243\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>The Federal Government has issued a directive stipulating that candidates below the age of 18 should not be granted admission into tertiary institutions. The announcement came from Minister of Education Tahir Mamman during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Mamman expressed concern over the trend of parents pressuring underage students to seek admission into tertiary institutions, emphasizing that the 18-year benchmark aligns with the 6-3-3-4 education system.<\/p>\n<p>He underscored the need to discourage undue pressure from parents, noting that many candidates lack the maturity to fully comprehend the university experience at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the challenge of admission, Minister Mamman highlighted the ministry&#8217;s efforts to promote skills acquisition from primary school level for students who may not secure admission into tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin echoed the Minister&#8217;s stance, emphasizing that the 18-year benchmark aligns with the educational framework.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State for Education Yusuf Sununu, part of the monitoring team, praised the conduct of the 2024 UTME and lauded the introduction of online examinations as a measure to combat malpractice. He commended the board for maintaining high standards while simplifying the examination process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has issued a directive stipulating that candidates below the age of 18 should not be granted admission into tertiary institutions. The announcement came from Minister of Education Tahir Mamman during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory. Minister Mamman expressed concern over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":28419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28448,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28418\/revisions\/28448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}