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The National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has opposed moves by the Federal Government to marque Mathematics non-compulsory for arts students seeking admittance into tertiary institutions.
Mr Adeolu Ogunbanjo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of NAPTAN, successful an interrogation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) connected Sunday, described the thought arsenic ‘misguided and risky’.
Recall that the Federal Ministry of Education, successful a connection by its spokesperson, Folasade Boriowo, had announced a reappraisal of admittance requirements for students successful the arts and humanities.
Under the caller guideline, elder secondary schoolhouse students successful these fields volition nary longer beryllium required to contiguous a recognition successful Mathematics successful their Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for tertiary admissions.
Boriowo stated that the betterment became indispensable aft years of restricted access, which denied galore qualified candidates admittance opportunities.
The Ministry’s spokesperson added that portion nary less than 2 cardinal candidates beryllium the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) annually, lone astir 700,000 summation admission.
Ogunbanjo asserted that Mathematics remained captious to each disciplines, including arts and humanities, arsenic astir professions and entrepreneurial ventures required basal numeracy skills to thrive successful today’s competitory economy.
He said that portion students successful the arts whitethorn not necessitate an precocious grasp of Mathematics, a walk successful the taxable should stay a prerequisite for admittance into higher institutions.
“Every assemblage needs a spot of Mathematics. From budgeting to concern planning, you cannot bash without it. A full cancellation of Mathematics for creation students is incorrect and should beryllium discouraged.
“Rather than demanding a recognition successful Mathematics for admission, a walk volition beryllium just and reasonable. That way, students support basal numeracy without being unfairly excluded from tertiary education,” the relation added.
The NAPTAN official, therefore, called connected acquisition policymakers to cautiously reappraisal the implications of removing Mathematics from admittance requirements.
According to him, specified a determination tin weaken the world instauration of students and bounds their semipermanent vocation prospects, hence the request for a walk to beryllium required for admittance into tertiary institutions.
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