The study investigated stakeholders’ perceptive in accessing Nigerian tertiary institutions’ admission, with a focus on Eredo LCDA, of Lagos State. It investigates; parents’, Jamb tutors’ and students’ perception of problems and ways of providing solutions on accessing tertiary institution admission. The descriptive research design was adopted, while simple random sampling was used to select respondents for the study. A structured questionnaire tagged AHEQ was engaged. Five research questions were answered in the course of the study. The result showed that stakeholder agrees to the challenges and the suggested solutions in accessing higher education. Also the result established a significant relationship between stakeholders’ personal factors and Jamb in addressing challenges facing students accessing higher education. There is composite and relative contribution between stakeholders’ personal factors and Jamb in addressing challenges facing students accessing higher education. Recommendations were made on how to improve students accessing higher education in Nigeria.

Stakeholders perspectives, Tertiary institutions, Admission

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