FG plans to scrap JSS–SSS separation policy

The Federal Government has announced plans to extremity the argumentation separating Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) from Senior Secondary Schools (SSS), saying it has contributed to the rising fig of children dropping retired of school.

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, made the announcement on Tuesday in Abuja during the inauguration of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Ministerial Implementation and Monitoring Committee.

According to the minister, much than 20 cardinal pupils permission schoolhouse betwixt superior acquisition and inferior secondary school, indicating that the existent strategy is not working.

“We person 20 cardinal dropouts from superior schoolhouse to JSS. Where are those students? We besides recovered we person 80,000 nationalist superior schools and lone astir 15,000 inferior secondary schools. That’s a one-to-eight ratio,” Alausa said.

He explained that the shortage of inferior secondary schools has resulted successful overcrowded classrooms, portion galore elder secondary schools stay underutilised, peculiarly successful Kaduna and different bluish states.

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