Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Federal Ministry of Education over its policy that pegged age limits for entry to tertiary institutions, describing it as absurd.
The Minister of Education Tahir Mamman, spoke to newsmen said that individuals under 18 years would no longer be allowed to take part in National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams.
According to Mamman, the Federal Government has directed WAEC and NECO to enforce the 18-year age requirements for candidates seeking to take their exams.
Reacting to this in a post on X on Wednesday, Atiku said the policy belongs to the stone ages.
He wondered how such anti-scholarship regulation the next logical step in the myriads of issues besetting Nigeria’s educational system.
