Panelists on a webinar organised by the Concerned Parents and Educators Initiative, CPE, have said limiting the age when candidates can write the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE, to 18 will simply increase the number of Out-of-School children, OSC, in the country.
Panelists on a webinar organised by the Concerned Parents and Educators Initiative, CPE, have said limiting the age when candidates can write the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE, to 18 will simply increase the number of Out-of-School children, OSC, in the country.
Some parents may also take to making false age declarations for their wards and children. Also, affected students may take to crime and other illegal activities. The gap year is critical and how to fill the year with tangible and productive activities,” he stated.
In his contribution, Johnson Abbaly said with over 18 million OSC in the country, the number would just rise, as more than 70 percent of students currently in secondary schools could be less than 18 before getting to the terminal year.
Prof. Yomi Fawehinmi, a Nigerian lecturing in a Canadian university, said Mamman only flew a kite, adding that there was no law in the country stating 18 as the age to finish secondary school education and seeking admission to a higher institution.
Other contributors such as Helen Essien, Yemisi Akindele, Dr Bukola Dosunmu noted that attacking the issue of underaged students in higher institutions should start from primary school, when nobody is allowed to be in primary one unless he or she is up to six years.
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