By Dotun Ibiwoye
LAGOS—Igbo think tank, Aka Ikenga has condemned the admission policy by the Federal Ministry of Education for students in the Federal Government Colleges and other tertiary Institutions in the country.
The ministry recommended that students from the north who score two per cent marks in common entrance examinations be admitted into federal schools while their southern counterparts who score up 100 from same tests would not be admitted.
However, Aka Ikenga in a statement signed by its President, Chief Goddy Uwazurike said: ”The National Council of Education, NCE, ended its 59th meeting last week and kept mute on the wildly circulated directive on the pass mark of pupils into the various unity schools (Federal Government Colleges).
“This silence confirms the information that a person who scores 100 from certain states will be denied admission while pupils from other states who score between 2 and 20 are given admission
“It is shocking that the Minister (of Education), a highly rated professor, will be the chairperson of this council and yet treat our education with ignominy.
“To add salt to injury, tertiary institutions are now ordered to admit candidates with senior Arabic and Islamic certificates as equivalent of Senior Secondary School Certificates, SSSC.
“These will be the graduates, professors and judges of the next decade. We demand that the FME reverses these backward movement policies of the NCE. It is astonishing that brainy students are rejected while those who are not ready to study are pampered with nebulous admission guidelines.”
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