The Government has said that it did not put an age restriction on students who want to write the examinations of the West African Examination Council and National Examination Council.

The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tanko Sununu, said this on Friday when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja.

The position of the Federal Government stemmed from the report that the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, that no student under 18 years of age can gain admission into the university from next year.

Sununu, who spoke with newsmen on the activities to mark the 2024 World Literacy Day, with the theme: “Promoting Multilingual Education: Literacy for Mutual Understanding and Peace,” said the statement by Mamman was misinterpreted.

He said that what the statement translates into is that while students can write examinations organised by NECO and WAEC, they cannot sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to gain entrance into tertiary institutions.