Nigerian senior secondary faculty college students in arts and humanities will not be required to current a credit score in arithmetic of their Senior College Certificates Examination, organised by the West African Examination Council and Nationwide Examination Council, as a situation for admission to universities and polytechnics, the Federal Ministry of Training mentioned on Tuesday.
For years, admission seekers in arts and humanities, like their contemporaries in sciences and social sciences, have been mandated to have 5 credit, together with arithmetic and English language, to safe admission into increased establishments.
“The revised Nationwide Pointers for Entry Necessities into Nigerian Tertiary Establishments are designed to take away obstacles whereas sustaining tutorial requirements.
“The brand new framework applies to universities, polytechnics, faculties of schooling, and Innovation Enterprise Academies throughout the nation as follows:
Universities: Minimal of 5 (5) credit score passes in related topics, together with English Language, obtained in no more than two sittings. Arithmetic is obligatory for Science, Know-how, and Social Science programs.
“Polytechnics (ND Stage): Minimal of 4 (4) credit score passes in related topics, together with English Language for non-science programs and Arithmetic for science-related packages.
“Polytechnics (HND Stage):
Minimal of 5 (5) credit score passes in related topics, together with English Language and Arithmetic.
Schools of Training (NCE Stage): Minimal of 4 (4) credit score passes in related topics, with English Language obligatory for Arts and Social Science programs, and Arithmetic required for Science, Vocational, and Technical packages,” an announcement by the FME’s spokesperson, Folasade Boriowo, mentioned.
An schooling analyst, Ayodamola Oluwatoyin, who spoke to our correspondent in Abuja, hailed the reform.
“This can be a good reform which we hope will open the doorways and enhance the benefit of admissions into tertiary establishments for extra seekers.”
The Minister of Training, Dr Tunji Alausa, described the reform as a deliberate effort to develop entry to tertiary schooling.
Particulars later