Minister Unviels The New Education Policy 1-6-3-3-4

Prof. Ruqqayat Rufa'i

The Minister of Education Prof. Ruqqayat Rufa'i has announced the new 1-6-3-3-4 System of Education will soon take off.
She also said the Federal Government is stepping up efforts to address mass failure in Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) being conducted by West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO).
She, however, said there is no going back in the implementation of the White Paper on Visitation Panels to the nation’s universities.
The minister, who spoke at a Leadership Forum organised by the Nigerian Pilot in Abuja, said the Federal Government has created new universities for more access to varsity education by youths.
She said one-third of about 1.5million students writing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) used to gain admission annually.
The minister said: “Really, I was against the 6-3-3-4 year but based on the outcome of the Education Summit, we realised that the 6-3-3-4 system is not our problem, the implementation is our problem.
“That was why we now reviewed the curricular. We are now introducing 1-6-3-3-4 system. We will now have one-year pre-school programme for all pupils.
“We have realised that only the children of the majority do not have the opportunity of pre-school year. So, a pupil will now start pre-school at Age five before having six years of primary education, three years of junior secondary school, three-year senior secondary and four years of university education.”
Although the minister did not state when the new policy will take off, a source in the Ministry said: “It will be from the next academic session.”

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