Federal Government Sets Admission Age for Students in Nigeria

The Federal Government has set an admission age for students in Nigeria.

Eko Hot News reports that the Federal Government, led by President Bola Tinubu, has formally set 16 years as the minimum age for admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.

Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced this during the 2025 Policy Meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

The minister, while declaring the meeting open, emphasised that the age benchmark is now official and non-negotiable. He warned that any admission carried out outside the Central Admissions Processing System would be considered illegal.

Alausa stressed that heads of institutions found culpable of admission fraud or circumventing CAPS would be prosecuted under the law.

Meanwhile, Eko Hot News understands that the annual policy meeting sets guidelines for the conduct of admissions into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education for the coming academic session.