yeah those days, I remember when teacher are checking pupils,

dunno if I did that tho

menix:
OP, am sure u re above 60yrs because that was the criteria used on my dad in the 50's/60's..

I started primary school in the 80's nd I did not encounter such criteria...

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superfelix:
stone age

Not stone age na dumb age! We're now in mad age

Truly that the way my school headmaster selected me.

menix:
OP, am sure u re above 60yrs because that was the criteria used on my dad in the 50's/60's..

I started primary school in the 80's nd I did not encounter such criteria...

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May be you entered through the back door. Even 90s it's still enforce.

menix:
OP, am sure u re above 60yrs because that was the criteria used on my dad in the 50's/60's..

I started primary school in the 80's nd I did not encounter such criteria...

I don't think so. If u were born in the late 70s/early 80s, then I guess u should ve experienced it.

fogechi:
I remember those days when before you enroll for primary school your finger must touch your ear.

A lot of children were denied admission because of it.

Op, I don't have any other thing to tell you than to say you are as old as ..............

I did. That was the criteria I used. Although e come remain small for my hand to reach. Them be wan reject me naim I begin dey wail o. They come gato take me.

HAAAHA

It actually stopped me from enrolling at four until the next year. Chain! There is Godooooo

Never heard of this. Perhaps if op went to a proper primary school. He would know its criteria

That's the reason why na old people dey full primary school pass that time. U go dey see 7yrs old for nursery 1.but naoadays na 2yrsfor nursery 1 see the difference

even me

fogechi:
I remember those days when before you enroll for primary school your finger must touch your ear.

A lot of children were denied admission because of it.

lolzzz like cerious this what take me back home in the year 1990. before I start in 1993

Monday5:
Not stone age na dumb age! We're now in mad age

mehn!

misspatsy:
I started schooling before I clocked 2,I never experienced this

You must be from Indomie generation! Children born from 80's downwards did not experience this.

VocalWalls:
Funny thing... I'm sure lots of nairalanders will still be asking questions to know what this is.

It wasn't even for entry to primary 1.

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I think it was for AKARA level

That was then. In Nigeria today, if the child's parents are influential, he ll get d admission. either he ll put on a sleeve longer than his hand or somtin

what if the child has no height naturally it means no schooling for such child?

This wasn't a criterion for me though...

Lilimax:
You must be from Indomie generation! Children born from 80's downwards did not experience this.

So? At least we got to start early

misspatsy:
So? At least we got to start early

Good for you!

Bc of dis condition I did not start primary skul until age 7, it will not be well wit d person dat introduce dis ooooo.

can u imagine, I lost a whole year bcoz my hand didn't touch my ear though I was 7 yrs old.

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menix:
OP, am sure u re above 60yrs because that was the criteria used on my dad in the 50's/60's..

I started primary school in the 80's nd I did not encounter such criteria...

Guy if truly you started school in 80's then ur must be 88 upward. because that's criteria for 80's if you're to enroll into primary school

walexix:
Guy if truly you started school in 80's then ur must be 88 upward. because that's criteria for 80's if you're to enroll into primary school

Oga Methusela nah u know pass..

@88, was when I relocated to lagos after 2 years in primary 1 before they finally freed me to join primary 2...

menix:
OP, am sure u re above 60yrs because that was the criteria used on my dad in the 50's/60's..

I started primary school in the 80's nd I did not encounter such criteria...

You are not totally correct. As for me I started my primary school in the 90's and I did it. Thus, when my father took me to one nearby Primary School in 1991 to get enrolled in Primary one, I was asked to do it. But unfortunately, my hand could not reach my ear and I was driven back despite my father's plea to them. Then a year after (i.e in 1992) I went back to the school with my father to try again and luckily for me, my hand was able to reach my ear and that was how I got enrolled in Primary one. In fact, the funniest part of it is that you have to do it without bending you head.

NICENEDU29:

You are not totally correct. As for me I started my primary school in the 90's and I did it. Thus, when my father took me to one nearby Primary School in 1991 to get enrolled in Primary one, I was asked to do it. But unfortunately, my hand could not reach my ear and I was driven back despite my father's plea to them. Then a year after (i.e in 1992) I went back to the school with my father to try again and luckily for me, my hand was able to reach my ear and that was how I got enrolled in Primary one. In fact, the funniest part of it is that you have to do it without bending you head.

Well maybe mine was different cous my mum was a teacher in the school(St. Mary pry sch. enugu)..

But when i moved to Lagos, the criteria at Rybeka Model school(1989) was an arithmetic test..