the recent policy of the Federal Government, pegging age limits for entry into tertiary institutions.
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the recent policy of the Federal Government, pegging age limits for entry into tertiary institutions.
The federal government barred individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council (NECO) and West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams.
In an interview with Channels Television, Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said the age limit for candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), remains 18 years.
In a post on his X handle on Wednesday, Atiku described the policy as absurd and disincentive to scholarship.
He stated that the policy “gives a graphic impression of how Tinubu government behaves like a lost sailor on a high sea.”
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections added that the policy belongs in the Stone Ages which should be condemned by everyone who believes in intellectual freedom and accessibility.
He said, “The policy runs foul of the notion of delineation of responsibilities in a federal system of government such as we are practising, and gives a graphic impression of how the Tinubu government behaves like a lost sailor on a high sea. Otherwise, how is such anti-scholarship regulation the next logical step in the myriad of issues besetting our educational system?
“To be clear, the Nigerian constitution puts education in the concurrent list of schedules, in which the sub-national government enjoys more roles above the federal government."
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