The Federal Executive has introduced plans to form tips to handle the 18-year month prohibit for college admissions.
The federal government additionally stated that the 18-year month prohibit isn’t for college students taking part in WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, or any ordinary-level examinations.
In his keynote accent on the Ministerial Consultation of the 68th Nationwide Council on Schooling assembly in Abuja on Thursday, Minister of Schooling, Prof. Tahir Mamman, emphasized the desire for readability in regards to the coverage.
The theme of the 68th NCE assembly used to be “Innovation, Digital Technology and Entrepreneurship: Tools for Education and National Development in the 21st Century.”
It will be recalled that during July, Prof. Mamman said that starting from 2025, applicants beneath 18 years used may not be allowed to take a seat for the Senior Secondary Certificates Exam, a prerequisite for admission to raised establishments.
This announcement sparked intense debate amongst training stakeholders and fogeys.
Mamman, then again, famous that the Ministry aimed to determine tips for exceptionally clever scholars who won’t have compatibility the month requirement.
“There’s a want to explain the misconceptions environment the 18-year month prohibit for college admissions.
“The Ministry is just emphasising the month requirement for access into tertiary establishments as defined within the Nationwide Coverage on Schooling, the UBEC Business, and the Schooling (Minimal) Requirements Business 1993, now not the month for taking part in WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, or any plain point examinations.
“However, the Ministry acknowledges that some children are exceptionally intelligent and the Ministry will work out a guideline to deal with cases of genuine exceptionally intelligent learners.”
Mamman additionally discussed the next rollout of a pristine curriculum for modest training and senior secondary training in Nigeria initiation this October.
This curriculum, he stated, goals to combine wisdom, abilities, and values with a robust emphasis on equipping scholars for fertile lives.
He expressed hold in high esteem to the Nationwide Tutorial Analysis and Building Council for his or her efforts in growing the curriculum in line with the nationwide abilities framework.
As well as, the Minister of Condition for Schooling, Dr. Yusuf Sununu Tanko, emphasized the virtue of nurturing the inventive and leading edge skills of younger Nigerians. He inspired efforts to backup scholars turn out to be their concepts into income-generating ventures and process founding.
“It is crucial that our approach addresses existing challenges while considering the diverse interests within our nation,” he said, expressing self belief that the assembly would yielding significant suggestions for the training sector.
The results of the NCE consultation shall be compiled right into a communiqué on the conclusion of the assembly.