The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has maintained that its 16-year minimum admission age is consistent with Nigeria’s national education framework, dismissing suggestions that the policy is arbitrary.
Fabian Benjamin, the public communication adviser at JAMB, defended the board’s decision to peg the minimum admission age into Nigerian tertiary institutions at 16, on Thursday during a virtual media parley by the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria.
Speaking at the parley, themed “2026 Admission Policy Review and JAMB Scorecard: A Conversation with the Registrar,”, which was meant to scrutinise crucial issues surrounding admissions and tertiary education in Nigeria, Benjamin emphasised that the policy reflects the progression outlined in the National Policy on Education and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) structure.
“The requirement was not arbitrarily introduced but was rooted in provisions of the National Policy on Education, the Universal Basic Education framework and the country’s 6-3-3-4 education system.
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