{"id":113302,"date":"2024-07-18T22:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113302"},"modified":"2024-07-18T22:54:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:54:21","slug":"protest-as-minister-pegs-admission-at-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/protest-as-minister-pegs-admission-at-18-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest as minister pegs admission at 18 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1804947201869074011\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board\u2019s (JAMB) policy meeting on education holding in Abuja have protested the new minimum admission age pegged at 18 years.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nImmediately after the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, made the announcement on Thursday, July 18, 2024, the stakeholders who turned out in their members from across tertiary institutions in the country, voiced a resistance which turned the session into a rowdy one.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, who was unable to proceed with his address as a result of the uproar, had asked \u201cAre we together?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the stakeholders had responded with a resounding \u201cNo!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamman, who seemed unperturbed with the development, had continued with his address as he tried to give reasons for pegging the new admission benchmark at 18.<\/p>\n<p>It took the intervention of JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, to restore order to the policy meeting with his plea of \u201cplease attention please!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The policy meeting on education is an annual event. 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