The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that universities and colleges can admit candidates who will turn 16 years old by August 31, 2025, for the 2024/2025 academic session.
This decision applies as long as the candidates meet the institution’s admission standards.
Earlier, the minimum age for admission was set at 16 years by December 31, 2024. However, JAMB explained that some institutions may extend their admission periods until July 2025.
Therefore, they will allow admissions for candidates turning 16 by the end of August 2025.
In a letter signed by JAMB’s Director of Admissions, Mohammed Babaji, it was stated, “The Board has taken cognizance that, due to different reasons, some institutions expect the 2024/2025 admission to run through July 2025.”
The letter continued, “Without compromising the standard or infringing on the individual institution’s admission policy, the Board has now decided to allow any willing institution to admit candidates who will be 16 years old by August 31, 2025.”
However, JAMB also mentioned that institutions can keep their own minimum age requirements if they choose to do so. The Board instructed all institutions to send a list of eligible candidates who will turn 16 between January 1 and August 31, 2025, within one week of receiving the notice.
The letter concluded, “This effort is to ensure equity because those whose 2024 admission would last till August 2025 would not be unduly favoured. Any institution that insists on its 16 years being within the year 2024 is completely free to do so.”
