WASSCE, NECO: Reaction Trail FG's 18-Year Age Limit - Prof. Egbe | Akinlami | Soweto
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We wait till we're 18yrs before we write WAEC & NECO, then wait for God knows how long before university will decide to admit you despite meeting admission requirement, then ASUU strike will add an extra yr, then NYSC another year... yet key employers expect you not to be older than 28yrs for a graduate trainee position... we serve a miracle working God🙏
With 5 years work experience elsewhere before you're employed.... They should come out fully with their folly
Mtchew
Spot on
For God's sake! What is happening to Nigeria and Nigeria policy makers? What makes a child mature to enter into the University-age?
A baby-child of 12 to 15 years can get married and become an adult(according to the law) but can't be admitted into the University. Can the Minister come out with an empirical statistics to show that the % of students under 18 drop out of the University more than the students above 18. All said and done when you enter into the University at 18(all things being equal), stayed in University for 6,7,8 years courtesy of strikes and graduates at 26 then serve at 27, then start job hunt at 28years where the age requirement is always between 25 to 27years with 5years post NYSC experience.
Infact, Nigeria we hail thee!
yes you should wait... because there are under age in universities these days.
@@luckyosime922The Minister too is chronologically overaged at 70. He should be at home taking care of his great grandchildren.
The Nigeria govt has choosen to displace their priority, this is a country were most private and public employment are "limited to less than 30yrs with 3-5yrs work experience" what have they done to stop the series of strikes action in our universities e.t.c, bunch of sick leaders.
Child marriage is 12 years and WAEC exam is 18 years age limit. What else can we hear from this contraption called Nigeria?
This law, unfortunately will not capture, their children who are not living in the country. These ruiners are evils.
Arise TV should do Corporate Social Responsibility workshop to discuss this issue by stakeholders with Ministry of Education.
The problem with Nigeria is about creating policies without understanding the meat of the policies.
There are reasons why in the US most people enter uni at 18+, it's not because it is enforced, it's just because they have and elementary and high school curriculum that is really robust, so even if you stop at highschool, you can still make your way in life, it is not same here, so why limiting people to obtain what can give them a standing in Nigeria?
Age threshold on education, but they also forget about the age threshold on employment imposed by employers…. Below 25 yrs… so sad
Thank you for bringing this up.Employers like banks and other private sectors would always discriminate on age basis to put a wedge on employment based on age.
A topic like this should be given much time on air
With experience self
When I see this, it shows how inconsiderate our leaders are.
What will a child who finishes secondary school awaiting WAEC and NECO be doing at home. Does the government know the exposure of leaving a child to wait for 2 or 3 years before gaining writing WAEC or NECO?
There are so many hurdles awaiting Nigeria children already. I spent three good years writing JAMB to get medicine with massive score of 287 still I didn't get it because of two many number of students wanting to study medicine. I studied another 5 years course and spent two extra years due to strike. I came out already 28. And recruiters said age limit for job application is 25 years. I cried my eyes out. May God stop this JAMB officer in the Mighty name of Jesus Amen.
Yet these Septuagenarians who should be home feeding their great-grandchildren want worse for our youth. God forbid.
Amen! God answers prayers ,he has been sacked!🎉
I dont understand why minister of education is been giving to a northerner who don't have sense of reasonin,the allow marriage at the age of 10yrs but education iss not allowed you can see how senseless he is.the don't like education the don't value education he should resigned.
For this Funny Politicians, it is okay for them to marry 13yrs old girls but it is not okay for a 17yr old to write WAEC & go to University. Mtcheeeew . Yeye government!!!
@nnamdiamadi4841 imagine they will argue with you that you cant compare marriage and education.
There are exceptions to the rules…Children don’t all learn at the same rate. Some are more advanced than others…why hold them back.SMH. Why are you electing people who can’t think outside the box.
Rufai kudos
Thumbs Up Hassan Soweto! for pointing out Mr Minister Of Education's misplaced perception on Age of students as against the shamble state of Education in the country!
Wonderful contributions. Hassan Soweto! I remember the Great Ife days.
Well done.
Remember that this Education is not free,some persons are trying to finish the work of training children before they retire ,let the Government find a way of helping out. Even the NYSC have a time limit.
Dont forget there is a strike in nigeria
I finished University in nigeria in 7 years because of strike, but it was a course of 5years.
Age is not maturity but a yardstick for meaduring mental and psychological stability
The minister that all his children study abroad... If this must be enforced, let all his children study here in Nigeria.
His children are likely past the affected age so he is not concerned. Let him come and prove to us that all his own children wrote SSCE and UTME at 18. Otherwise he is nothing but a hypocrite.
Is this the problem of Nigeria right now? Mad people everywhere, this will never be possible
The youngest people in my graduating class from a federal university were the top of the class (myself inclusive). Some of which have gone on to do postgraduate in Stanford, Princeton etc. The older ones were the ones that struggled academically. This policy makes no sense!!!
God have mercy on Nigeria and deliver us from clueless leaders 🙏🏼
And then after graduating and serving NYSC late, companies also set a threshold of employing graduates not above the age of 27..... Are these leaders thinking at all???
Amos 3:3
I support the fact that our children are getting to the University too early, but it is not a blanket intervention.
Contributor Hassan Soweto said my mind, excluding the fact that the Minister is trying to slow down the education of some regions in Nigeria
It is sad, sad, sad. Round pegs in square holes
The federal government is indirectly, saying we should go for skills, because i see this policy as skill acquisition policy. And also the ripple effect of this might destroy our school systems which is already at the precipice of destruction.
Age is not an issue for me, but i will suggest that, we set our priorities right and stop wasting resources.
Let the Minister who graduated around 30 years come out to show us what skill he and his own children acquired. If they want to acquire skills, that should not be forced. They can acquire skills during the holidays in University. We don't have to throw a clog in their wheels.
So a 15 year old child that has high score in JAMB and excellently in WAEC child aiming to become a medical Doctor should go and learn basket making or tailoring or carpentry or computer typesetting, wonders shall never end.
Please, let's have regional systems so that each region can develop on its own pace,in education, agriculture,economics,etc.If some people from a particular region fails to take education seriously while another region is paying much attention to their children education,everyone must not be holding back by unpopular government policies by the power that be.
For girl child especially, when a girl doesn't complete her education early. She is 90% exposed to teenage pregnancy. Is that what the government want for our society? Please this policy is an egregious mistake and unacceptable. Government should kindly look into other important areas that our educational system is faced with first which I believe they don't even. Doctor Abati, the Educational system right now is in a state of comatose
After they will say if you are older than 26 do not apply for a particular job. At the same time they wanted Nigerian children to wait till they get to 18 before they SIT for WAEC. So, if the child failed to pass at one sitting or risk writing it more than once, now what would be the age requirements for job application now ???????????
I said this because, I don't know when they will graduate from the University as we know, it is ASUU and FG that determines when the children graduate from a 4 year program.
This is not the problem of Nigerians now 😢
Excellent 💯%
How can we expect the best in our education system when we entrust our education in the hand of the lesseducated tribe in education system in Nigeria. The tribe that did not recognize free education and traditionally woman education/female education is not allowed. They will take us backward. Which we are today.
I wonder. When there are thousands of bright, young Southerners who understand the value of education and who could have performed excellently well instead of these Septuagenarians who appear to want to ground our youth so that they can keep thriving instead of sitting back home spoon-feeding their great grandchildren.
This is a senseless policy which immediate impact will be to increase the number of out-of-school children by a significant amount. I hope the minister and those promoting this senseless policy realise this fact.
They don't need to realize bc, that's what they want
Honestly I wonder the kind of people we have in governance in Nigeria. Of all the many problems facing our educational system and our country what this minister is focusing on is the age to write WAEC and NECO.
Is this minister really from this planet earth? Frankly, I wonder what kind of country is Nigeria. The rest of the world is moving forward and we are moving backwards. It's a big shame.
Why is the archaic policy Minister not wearing his 1982 clothes? Why is he using Smart phones? The World is evolving and so should the Education Sector.
What systems are in place to identify gifted kids?
The last guest made some very good points. Focusing on the age of students when there are many underlying problems plaguing our education system is absolutely stupid and irresponsible. The qualifications of the so-called Minister of Education should be called into question.
This is what you get in a confused country,where the so called leaders does not know what they are supposed to do as leaders... God have mercy on the poor masses of this country who cannot afford to send their children to school abroad... this is a clear sign of retrogression for children's academic life... it's so unfortunate...
Every thing about tinubu and apc is evil. How can they desperately akin to destroy every aspects of Nigeria. Sending us 100 year back.
@@nnadichrisn.chukwuma8259 but they are flying private jets and using Smart phones and laptops. Why are they not living in caves or using cable phones like they did 42years ago?
Age is not a barrier to education, provide good environment not stop anyone on which time to sit for any education.
I have already told my son that if federal government insist on this policy i will have to enroll him with a computer institution to further is education until he his 18 yrs
By then all that he learnt in School to enable him pass his examination would have left his head.
Misplacement of priority. Talk about how to provide jobs for those graduates out there.
The APC administration keep pushing there failures and irresponsibility to Nigerians. Even, when a child gets to the university at the age of 13 based on high IQ, shouldn't it be the responsibility of the government to put the right structure/environment in place to support the child?
13 yrs old not supposed to be in university unless they are super exceptional, but in Nigeria today, thousands are entering universities every year. Why the rush? Some private schools are giving double promotions too cheap . Exceptional is 1 out of hundred, but in Nigeria, it is 60 out of 100. Why the rush? Parents are following the trend. The children were pressured to seat for WAEC from JSS 1 and they have required results before the end of JSS 3, why the rush?.
This is a different matter . But most kids write at 17, sometimes 16. What’s the fixation with 18?
How is it that you read only 13 years old from his comment without considering the phrase "...with high IQ"n? Isn't that rationale not good enough to qualify the child to attend the University?
@@ugorjiemenike thanks for your observation. We lie alot to ourselves in this country. God help us
@@margaretetim-inyang.1653 This, I don't understand. Funny government with useless policies
This single law ought to extend the minimum age for employment in nigeria to at least 30yrs, and also adjust retirement age to 70 yrs in all fields.
You can't go force age limit on an Employer and even if the policy is in place, they will not follow it. So this Mr Minister should end this nonsensical, ineffective policy he is on about.
Hassan Soweto, you nailed it. Thank you.
I think it's simple. Let their Kids be kept at home to. None of them Should be allowed to school abroad.
The Minister_s children are probably not affected hence the hypocrisy. The Minister is equally TOO OLD to be in office. Pot calling kettle black.
Dr Abbati well speaking, won fi été sile won npa lapalapa loro minister of Education.
That Minister is a disgrace to education 😢
God bless you Rufil,for what u are saying,
Rufus has no understanding of anything and his too violent in addressing issues for my liking
Evil conspiracy on Education...Lord Arise!
Why is the priority not being placed on the need to bring education to 20 million out-of -school children in Northern Nigeria and elsewhere? Is the govern trying to hold back all bright young boys and girls who have been able to pass the requisite exam to be sdmitted to the university quite early in their lives. Why can't a girl who can be married off at 14 years old not be able to go university at 16 or 17 years ??
Nigeria defies all logic 😮
I was among those that started the 6-3-3-4 educational system and still remember vividly the technological part of the training. Which was supposed to be provided by the Government. Till date they have not done that. The minister should ensure the FGN does its own part.
Why this desperation to stop the ones that want to go to school?
Mr Taiwo is every child of University age in the university as we speak? Good job Soweto. Thats coming from someone that went to University before the age of 18 and see the others that went after 18 struggling to express themselves.
The sad part is that if the child can't clear their papers at first sitting, he or she has to wait and try again. Wasting peoples future and time by old outdated men in govt. Are they even aware what employers do with age limits? And how is this our major problem? Are the Parents complaining on high school fees? The world is moving forward, our Country is bring remote to move backward. Disheartening
They know these things but don't care clearly because their children are not caught in the web they created.
Please we should have started talking about how to give a better education from primary to secondary level in puplic school first
When Tinubu who has no regard for education appointment a northerner as minister who knows nothing about education
Tinubu is also silent on the matter. That is suspicious.
Am happy he has sacked d min maybe there's hope in sight
I think the Prof is having a difficult time defending this policy and that's because the policy doesn't make sense.
God bless you, rubbish is difficult to defend
The Policy on chronological age applies to the 70 year old Minister too. He is too old and over mature to be a Minister. He should be at home taking care of his great grandchildren.
Are this people really serious? What a serious trouble Nigeria now facing? Why are our govt taking Nigeria backwards! It's a real pity!
I wonder why they use Smart phones, laptops and wear modern clothes. Why don't they live in caves?
Age is actually not the problem. The government needs to address exam malpractices to ensure that students who are only academically sound proceed to higher educational levels.
everything about thievenubu is evil
You're right,my child is 15 now and he's SS3 IN SECONDARY SCHOOL, THE SENIOR ONE finish at ss3 at 14.
There is no age limit for studying in the US as long as you can back your intellect. I literally just took my niece to start undergrad premed last week in South Dakota (with part scholarship) and she's gonna be 18 next May. My last sibling graduated college at 19yrs outside Nigeria. My older brother was in JS 1 at 9yrs. I was a law student at 17yrs eventhough I dropped a class when I switched primary schools. My nephew is 12yrs old has started high school this week here in Austin, TX. My niece and nephew just left Nigeria barely a month ago. Nigerian politicians will always find a way to stiffle progress. No gain saying one has been done with the country.
This policy is not possible! For talented children this policy will kill their morale and ability to do exploits in this country. Unlike other countries that encourages talented kids. I was very intelligent and scored distinction in all subject at my JSVE. But when I was transferred to a Federal government school who doubted me result, they decided to demote me by a class claiming standard. I was really depressed and took me time to encourage myself which I later proof to them as I still emerge as one of the best in my secondary school. If countries like china and America are motivating and encouraging their talented kids, why will Nigeria want to depress their own special and Talented kids? Hence we are heading for a massive economic and technological failure as a country
It's not Nigeria, it's the Minister who himself graduated at almost 30 years old. So we understand where his pain is coming from.
Mr. President trying to follow the step of UK and US instead of being a follower why not a good leader.
The Minister should start by distributing E- learning Tabs to all Nigerian Students like it's done in the Western World. Why the selective following?
Mr. Hassan is quite balanced. Thank you
Shame on our rulers and their gimmicks of distraction! ... BTW, Ayo should not get things twisted by calling the proposed delay a Gap Year (a different thing entirely).
The 6-3-3-4 system or policy should be seen as a guide, not law.
Spot on.
So after secondary they will wait for 2-3years at home?😢
Arise TV good job
Rufai argument is baseless. If the law says 6 years old should start pry 1 then what age should that child finish secondary school. Like Mr. Taiwo said the university should make provision for the young ones that make sense that rufais argument
I just feel like crying 😢. Whaaaaaat! What is wrong with these humans that are leading us. You want our children to grow grey hair while waiting to write waec.
Are even going backward or forward in Nigeria sef!! Some countries consider 21 year old mature applicants. If I must write at 18 yr old, when will I get into uni considering strike and all. By the time I graduate, you will have an age limit on the job and I will not be able to get the job. What the heck is going on!!!! Is this not self-sabotage? Please Please Nigerian leaders be serious. Oga provost please, retention programs are going on within schools abroad. I am very sure the research you mentioned did not focus on age as the only factor. Student support, counseling programs, career advisors, peer and buddy systems are in place to support students. You can not at this looming AI age decide not to harness your workforce on time and effectively please!!!!!! Open your eyes
I love this guy wearing brown sokoto and buba, Hassan Soweto🙌🏿
The Northern Education minister, wants to match the Almajeri number of the North with the Southern part of the Country, by coming with this age issue.
I don't think any child that has the potential to thrive should be restricted from furthering his or her education to higher pursuit of learning.
Even in the U.S 12 year Olds have even been allowed to go to University
No reasonable parents or teachers dead or alive can support this idea, the question is what will happen to the current SSS 3 that are 16? Will they wait after two years to write waec and neco
Well spoken professor Gabriel Egbe. Your speech is quite remarkable, . As education has nothing to do with age.
There is an adage that says make haste while the sun is shining which is what is affected most Nigerian of today . Thank God for your kindle light you are bringing to enlighten Us. 🙏🏼God bless you sir .
Honestly, mental/intellectual capacity should determine this academic pace, not age.
Any objective minds on this platform should agree with Mr. Akinlami. He has supported his position with concrete points. If we have been following the education policy without cutting corners this argument would have been nerdless
I love Mr. Taiwo Akinlami submission
"TRANSITION PERIOD" is the answer and such be a daily announcement by all available media by the government at all levels through the of transition period starting from next academic session. SIMPLE!!!
Very educative
God bless men like Hassan Soweto. 👍
Rufai, well spoken
This is a policy without rigour
Prof. Egbe seems to be incoherent about age of admittance in Universities globally.
Those he mentioned are geniuses whose situations are unique.
Meanwhile, he later confirmed that Universities peg age in UK and US.
We need Restructuring and true Federalism. See Federal Government again trying to dictate to States on education. I hissed!
What about the kids hawking while still under 18?
Those one are not underaged😂. The Minister appears to be selective in his assessment of UNDERAGED children who need an education.
Information needs to be fact checked
They are in the US going to college before the age of 18
It’s about how we parent our children and the support they get in school
You can’t rely solely on government to provide for your children
Statistics! Statistics! Statistics!
Please give us statistics! They said there is a problem without no statistics in reference to Nigeria. It is hypothetical problems they are saying without no statistics. There are statistics of people who started early and ended up well.
"Se na statistics we go chop" - Tinubu 2023
Age is a function of maturity but just not the only function.
I'm appalled at the nature of needless arguments our rulers drag the people into for want of ideas. University is for learning and should mature people who go through it and not necessarily vice versa.
As Rufai rightly pointed out people in modern times can learn online and obtain similar qualifications as those who go through the four walls of the university. In the Igbo business settings there are people who go into apprenticeship at early age and get settled at age fourteen to sixteen and they become fully independent businessmen in their capacity.
Being below eighteen years of age does not translate to being immature, retarded or incapacitated. The minister of education should please seek reforms that will enhance education and better standards of process and product of our education system.
Thank you Mr Gabriel Egbe well spoken
Good policy if they can sanitize the education system. This is the least of our problems at this moment. Clueless government
What is good about the policy?
There is nothing good about the policy. The Minister is about to render millions of Nigerian children redundant, mess up their mental health, demoralize them and expose them to criminal activities. What kind of Minister Of Education is that?
Let them sanitize it FIRST before messing up the lives of our youth with their useless policy that is no advantage. He should start from the Elementary level not University.
Mr Abati... Age is a state of mind set.
This conversation needs more time to dissect if any meaningful action will be brought out of it.
The sad reality is that, give it all the time in the world, the authorities might end up not acting on any resolution generally agreed on
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Then they are anti-people and retrogressive and must be booted out.
Brain drain piping. Our kids will leave Nigeria. Na by force?
I'm very sorry for the Minister of Education not doing his research findings before issuing out this perceived 18 years qualification for university admission. Let's wake up today to face the 21st century challenges in ICT, AI, creative thinking and innovation to build Nigeria. Age should not be a parameters for admission to a university study. But to wake up to face those realities challenges ahead of us.
Are we moving forward or backward? Nigeria wake up! wake up! wake up!
God please help Nigeria.
Let Nigeria bring back HSC. This will help children who finished WAEC at 16 to do HSC and at the end, the child would have reached 18. We destroyed our education and now we are coming back.
The most confused country in the global world
The rule for this government is "talk before you think".
Age should not be a barrier. Bright under aged students should be encouraged in Nigeria just like the their counterparts in the western world
It's not about being bright
It's about being mentally mature
@@JustTheCurrentMental maturity is not tied to age.
But a 15year old is mentally matured to give birth and "train children" or training kids does not require being matured?@@JustTheCurrent
@@balkisolabode5934 nobody said they are. Stop creating your own happiness
How did all these folks became professors....
We all know how. "Transmission Transmission" crew.
It should be known that the university is supposed to be a space to learn not only books but life reality and the best way to deal with life, bringing about positive impacts in the society.
Learners tagged 'immature' by the FG because of their age are expected to become matured facing life with optimism in at least the university.
That is part of what the university imbibes in learners.
The inability to deal with life and academic challenges is not due to age but the failure from the ends of educational sectors.
The FG should focus on that and not on the brilliant souls that are striving to rise in an already discouraging country!