The Ministry of Education has said that credit in mathematics in the Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, would not longer be a condition for admission for students studying arts and humanities courses in universities and polytechnics.
This was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry, Folasade Boriowo, on Tuesday in Abuja.
“The revised National Guidelines for Entry Requirements into Nigerian Tertiary Institutions are designed to remove barriers while maintaining academic standards.
“The new framework applies to universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and Innovation Enterprise Academies across the country as follows:
“The revised National Guidelines for Entry Requirements into Nigerian Tertiary Institutions are designed to remove barriers while maintaining academic standards.
“The new framework applies to universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and Innovation Enterprise Academies across the country as follows:
“Universities: Minimum of five (5) credit passes in relevant subjects, including English Language, obtained in not more than two sittings. Mathematics is mandatory for Science, Technology, and Social Science courses.
“Polytechnics (ND Level): Minimum of four (4) credit passes in relevant subjects, including English Language for non-science courses and Mathematics for science-related programs.
“Polytechnics (HND Level):
Minimum of five (5) credit passes in relevant subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Colleges of Education (NCE Level): Minimum of four (4) credit passes in relevant subjects, with English Language mandatory for Arts and Social Science courses, and Mathematics required for Science, Vocational, and Technical programs,” the statement said.
The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, described the reform as a deliberate effort to expand access to tertiary education.
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Each passing day, the educational standards keep dwindling. From reduction of cut-off marks, now this again.
ReplyDeleteMaths has held a lot of people back in academic pursuit which should not be so. It's good news. Excel in the subjects relevant and important for your field.
DeleteNothing is dwindling because Nigeria continues to produce some of the best students in the world. This is actually a welcome development and should be encouraged. If you’re going into arts, maths shouldn’t hold you back. all you need is to know basic maths abeg.
DeleteYes Stella it is a very good news!! Let students concentrate on subjects relevant to their career choice. I am very very bad at maths, but very good with the English language and all the other arts subjects, during my time i didn’t need a credit in maths to study law, i got admission and graduated with good grades. I am now a lawyer with 14yrs post call experience and still very bad at maths. Imagine if it is now that i need to have a credit in maths to get admission, it means i would never have gotten to the uni and studied, because no matter what you do to me, i’d never pass mathematics.
ReplyDeleteThank God they are going back to how they were before. And this is many brilliant lawyers for you, good with English lang, history and literature but bad at maths.
It's a good one as it's no longer a COMPULSORY requirements to gain admission for Art/Humanities related courses in higher institutions, but it is still one of the 5 CORE subjects in secondary school irrespective of your department.
ReplyDeleteBTW, is the minister of education an educationist?
Great news! I’m a scientist, excellent in maths with me scoring A1 in WAEC but I’ve always believed it was unfair to Arts students to be mandated to have a credit score in maths before a tertiary institution admission.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm
ReplyDeleteWhen you put a square peg in a round hole, this is the kind of policy you will get.
ReplyDeleteDo you even know the meaning of what you just typed or how is an Associate professor is square peg in a round hole as minister of education? Pls hide your ignorance next time
DeleteExactly.
DeleteI don't understand politicians being policy makers in a field they lack basic knowledge.
Anon,you should be the one hiding your ignorance,he's not an educationists and shouldn't be changing things he doesn't understand
DeleteAssociate Prof of what is he?or you just hear Associate Prof and feel that makes him qualified for any position?you must be very ignorant of how education works,I hope you will also support an Associate Prof of Economics being our health minister some day
DeleteNa dem sabi. I've told my daughter not to mind the news and work hard at all her subjects. This is naija, the schools offering the admission may not even comply.
ReplyDeleteThis comes with mixed feelings.
ReplyDeleteMathematics should be a subject everyone should pass well. At same time, it holds candidates back during University admissions.
To me it's a great news, seeing how mathematics had held some students from gaining admission but the thing is the govt will set rules and the schools won't comply and still insist on their own requirements.
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