Federal Govt Clarifies, Says Mathematics Remains Compulsory For O’Level Students

The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that each students indispensable proceed to registry and beryllium for English Language and Mathematics successful their O’Level examinations.

It volition beryllium recalled that a fewer days ago, the Federal Government announced that elder secondary schoolhouse students successful the arts and humanities volition nary longer beryllium required to contiguous a recognition successful Mathematics successful their Senior School Certificate Examination, organised by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO), arsenic a information for admittance into universities and polytechnics.

However, clarifying the caller reforms, the authorities said the caller argumentation does not exempt immoderate campaigner from these halfway subjects but alternatively affects lone admittance criteria, not the request to instrumentality these subjects successful O’Level examinations.

The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, explained that the betterment was designed to beforehand fairness and inclusiveness successful tertiary education, ensuring that susceptible students are not denied admittance opportunities owed to deficiencies successful non-core subjects.

“This betterment does not region English and Mathematics from the O’Level curriculum. Every pupil indispensable inactive registry and beryllium for some subjects. We person made the admittance process much flexible for definite programmes, peculiarly successful the arts and humanities, wherever recognition passes successful English oregon Mathematics whitethorn not beryllium compulsory for entry.”

According to the Minister, the streamlining of O’Level admittance guidelines aims to modernise Nigeria’s acquisition strategy and align it with planetary champion practices.

“We are moving towards a strategy that recognises divers talents and competencies. This argumentation encourages institutions to absorption connected taxable relevance portion ensuring that foundational learning successful English and Mathematics remains intact.”

The reform, Dr Alausa noted, supports the Federal Government’s imaginativeness of equitable access, inclusivity, and quality superior improvement by broadening world pathways and recognising varied strengths among learners.

In a connection signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Boriowo Folasade, the Ministry urged students, parents, and stakeholders to trust solely connected authoritative connection channels for verified argumentation updates.

“The Ministry wishes to caution the nationalist against misinformation and urges everyone to question clarification lone done approved authorities platforms. We purpose to guarantee nary kid is near down successful accessing prime and inclusive education.”