Nigeria, April 26 -- To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, a group has advocated the need to set 18 years of age as minimum standard for university admission in Nigeria.

The group,Ameliorators International Initiative Advocates in a statement by its executive director, Ameliorator Ishowo Yakub said the standard will promote quality education and will ensure that students enter higher education with the necessary maturity and readiness to excel academically.

While noting that the approach has become imperative in the face of the jaw dropping standard of education in the country, the statement noted that the policy ...