OmoOAU:
At that age, I was in ss1 but here am I, almost 18 and still struggling to enter the University, despite the fact that I never failed jamb�....... This is really bad because admission into universities isn't automatically guaranteed upon graduation.

Your parents thinks they will be faster than your creator.

Freddyjimoh:


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/lagos-pegs-entry-age-into-jss1-at-12-years/

Very very Good, I commend the Lagos state ministry of Education for this act. Most parents are very uneducated about bushing their kids.

eni4real:
Ask them about the age when Gowon became the Nigeria President??

They just want to limit children by their wrong policy!!

You know the funny thing?

All their kids will not school here o!

Except they will change the 6-3-3-4 plus one year service year and develop technical centers.

Again, people with HND never see work finish, will it be people from technical college?

irunoko:
it's better.this one that there's influx of under aged children in the university will reduce

You will be seeing 14 years old in university because parents want them to graduate at 18.

If Lagos state government doesn't curb admission of underage children in the university, small time you will start seeing 10 years old saying he too is an undergraduate

If someone is intelligent enough to graduate from University at 18, what's the issue?

Arysexy:
Na Lagos go lose. Many parents will take their wards to neighbouring States for secondary education.

Full stop.

Are they doing something about age cap for entry level jobs. There are a lot of jobs out there now that are capped at 23, some 24 others 25.

If a child finishes at 18, earliest she can be ready for job is 24,( 4 years Uni +1 year NYSC+ plus cumulative waiting window btw the listed stages) for course of 5 years he would be well over 25 by then.

Note:I haven’t included cumulative years of ASUU strike.

This will greatly put those who will be attending Govt Unis at disadvantage during job hunts.

texazzpete:


What concern of yours is it? Children mature differently, and receive different levels of education. Why should the exceptional be held back?

Why do Nigerians hate the exceptional?

Obviously it is of concern to others or the government would not have been coming out with their policy..

Which exceptional?

Many of these kids cannot defend their results if required..

All these parents are after,is the bragging rights of their children graduating younger than yours at whatever cost..

Onlyonebuhari:
In Canada and US with some other countries, children can't start school unless they reach the age of 6 because they value parenting primary education. Nigerian has been Killing their children by dumping them in creche thinking they are doing them favours and that's why we have miscreants ubiquitous on social media. Even most of the graduates we have are paperwork and only few can innovate with it. Greatest scientist we have today are the pre WW1 scientists who recieved maximum parenting education.
I will implore FG and Lagos State to focus more on parenting education or else we will continue to produce looters as leaders and corruption we have now is just a warm up to the one coming tomorrow. But good parenting will produce honest leaders

I agree with u on pre world war era produced the greatest inventors and scientist....
The later 20th century innovation was a feed off from the preceding era....

The 21st century may end up becoming the least innovative century in recent era despite technology and scientific advancement....
U just can't point to any disruptive innovation of recent....
It's just repeated attempt to make previous technology better.....

Whether the rush-rush mentality of recent generation is the cause....
The jury is still out on that....

Daymur:



So on point!

This is one of the few sensible and apt submissions I have seen in this forum in recent times. Please keep it coming. With people like you around, I think the hope to see a great Nigeria is not lost after all.

Weldone!

But it's okay for Pele Mbappe to go to the world cup at 17 19?
Did they start playing professional football at 17
Okay to join football clubs and get a contract at 13?
It is okay for an 18 year old to join the army and get killed?

Powerintoxicate:
we want graduates who can create jobs and build multinationals. Why are some black folks stupid?

nobody wants to employ a child or an immature adult.every multinational wants thinkers and innovators not someone who will be giving them problem because of immaturity

I believe the private sector employers of labour are to blame for the situation. Parents rush their kids in order to buy them enough time to find jobs in big multinational companies. My neighbour's children all wrote their FSL examination in Primary 3 and SSCE in SS2 . You can imagine how tiny they are

I was 9 in jss1

I think this policy is more about reducing rate of Under graduates finishing school per year without job . people should stop going to school and look at self employment

Those of us that Graduates 10 years ago no work nah self employ things and you still want to waste more of my time in school
My age mates that did not attend school have build house and marry long time at 31 years i'm just starting to mould blocks because of time wasted at school

Such policy will not stand.

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yers6:
I swear!!!!!!!! This is the best policy in education sector in recent years. Was still discussing this very crucial issue with woman days ago!!!!

Imagine a scenario whereby some new generation 'sophisticated' parents wants their wards in JSS 1 at the age of 7, 8, 9 or 10 and by the time the kid is 16 or 17, would already be done with university! And then by 19 would be done with nysc and then start working. And for those in majority, may not get a good job at that stage and so, life problems start hitting them with so much frustration which they were not fully prepared or grounded to face and then they resort to drugs, prostitution and other dangerous vices just to keep face or survive!

And there is where the challenge starts. Because they are still teenagers with the enormous mantle of grown adult's headaches, they become so directionless in life especially because most Nigerian men don't intend to settle down maritally or even take life very serious till they are 30 years and above. FACT!

Come to clubs on the island and you would weep for the new generations our so called enlightened and cosmopolitan parents are now raising. You would see young girls of 15, 16 from mostly Christian and Religious higher institutions of learning like Covenant, Babcock (the Babcock lady giving head last year in the viral video comes to mind here), Redeemers, Mountain Top, Caleb, Unilag, Leads, Alkhima, Afe Babalola, etc, flooding some of the most exquisite, expensive and classy night clubs on the island, in Owerri, Benin, PH, Abuja every and every weekend!

Or why do you think new exquisite clubs are opening up every other day in Lagos and those cities mentioned? High rate of slay queens everywhere? Or astronomical numbers of mamalawos on IG? Or the fact that weed, codeine, and other 'get high' drugs are recording the craziest sales ever? Its beyond just the fact there are big boys ready to spend but simply because the young and willing underage girls from the higher institutions of learning abounds massively like the sands in the ocean. You see young girls at age 17, 18, 19 among them already having flapping and seriously sagged breasts**.

And you begin to wonder if they are not young girls from so called prestigious and religious universities where security was very tight, where morals were preached and impacted on all fronts, where their parents spend fortunes on them to be in so called best schools?

If you were one brought up in a strict home and responsible background and happen to see things as they are in those cities mentioned, you would weep bitterly.

Don't get get this submission wrong as this is not to generalise that all underaged kids in universities are bad or irresponsible. Far from it. Still a lot are well raised and doing remarkably well even after graduation. Because age at times doesn't translated to maturity. But the danger lies in having kids who are not raised well to fully absorb the crude shocks of life in the majority!

How can you explain so many 16 years olds in 400 level in universities but are already deeply enmeshed in drug abuse? Or the girls that have committed several abortions that they have lost counts? Or those who have been to 100's of exquisite clubs in and out of the country at age 16/17? Thats why you see so many childish comments on social media posts and forum especially on Nairaland in recent years and you begin to wonder, who are these so called young adults with terribly childish mentality? How can you then explain the highest numbers of young boys and girls committing suicides in recent years when we all know Nigerian rarely commit suicide? By time the damage has been seriously done on those boys and girls, you now see their mother's en masse in churches and other religious gatherings seriously praying and fasting for God to touch the soul of those already destroyed children.

We play and pray too much in this country!

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You talk too much

yers6:
I swear!!!!!!!! This is the best policy in education sector in recent years. Was still discussing this very crucial issue with woman days ago!!!!

Imagine a scenario whereby some new generation 'sophisticated' parents wants their wards in JSS 1 at the age of 7, 8, 9 or 10 and by the time the kid is 16 or 17, would already be done with university! And then by 19 would be done with nysc and then start working. And for those in majority, may not get a good job at that stage and so, life problems start hitting them with so much frustration which they were not fully prepared or grounded to face and then they resort to drugs, prostitution and other dangerous vices just to keep face or survive!

And there is where the challenge starts. Because they are still teenagers with the enormous mantle of grown adult's headaches, they become so directionless in life especially because most Nigerian men don't intend to settle down maritally or even take life very serious till they are 30 years and above. FACT!

Come to clubs on the island and you would weep for the new generations our so called enlightened and cosmopolitan parents are now raising. You would see young girls of 15, 16 from mostly Christian and Religious higher institutions of learning like Covenant, Babcock (the Babcock lady giving head last year in the viral video comes to mind here), Redeemers, Mountain Top, Caleb, Unilag, Leads, Alkhima, Afe Babalola, etc, flooding some of the most exquisite, expensive and classy night clubs on the island, in Owerri, Benin, PH, Abuja every and every weekend!

Or why do you think new exquisite clubs are opening up every other day in Lagos and those cities mentioned? High rate of slay queens everywhere? Or astronomical numbers of mamalawos on IG? Or the fact that weed, codeine, and other 'get high' drugs are recording the craziest sales ever? Its beyond just the fact there are big boys ready to spend but simply because the young and willing underage girls from the higher institutions of learning abounds massively like the sands in the ocean. You see young girls at age 17, 18, 19 among them already having flapping and seriously sagged breasts**.

And you begin to wonder if they are not young girls from so called prestigious and religious universities where security was very tight, where morals were preached and impacted on all fronts, where their parents spend fortunes on them to be in so called best schools?

If you were one brought up in a strict home and responsible background and happen to see things as they are in those cities mentioned, you would weep bitterly.

Don't get get this submission wrong as this is not to generalise that all underaged kids in universities are bad or irresponsible. Far from it. Still a lot are well raised and doing remarkably well even after graduation. Because age at times doesn't translated to maturity. But the danger lies in having kids who are not raised well to fully absorb the crude shocks of life in the majority!

How can you explain so many 16 years olds in 400 level in universities but are already deeply enmeshed in drug abuse? Or the girls that have committed several abortions that they have lost counts? Or those who have been to 100's of exquisite clubs in and out of the country at age 16/17? Thats why you see so many childish comments on social media posts and forum especially on Nairaland in recent years and you begin to wonder, who are these so called young adults with terribly childish mentality? How can you then explain the highest numbers of young boys and girls committing suicides in recent years when we all know Nigerian rarely commit suicide? By time the damage has been seriously done on those boys and girls, you now see their mother's en masse in churches and other religious gatherings seriously praying and fasting for God to touch the soul of those already destroyed children.

We play and pray too much in this country!

Respect... I concur

TheMohican:


Will you shut up.

Hehehe. I understand psychological issues often hightens especially in time of this lockdown. You will be well later. OK. Stay safe and take ur drugs

Freddyjimoh:


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/lagos-pegs-entry-age-into-jss1-at-12-years/

I think govt should peg it at ten. if they finish secondary at 16 or 17 they can learn vocation before going to university.

Joban2006:
This funny when we have 12yrs old already doing a PHD program in other part of the world
Maturity is not in number but they really need to test the children ability to cope before entering the jss1 through the interview. In my own opinion I think 10-11 yrs old is ok to enter jss1

Can you tell me how MANY 12 year olds are currently seeking their PHDs abroad?

It's about averages, not exceptions as there will always be exceptions to EVERY scenario in existence (in this instance prodigious and precocious kids).

What works best for the COLLECTIVE (read: averages) should be what is considered.

Please, let them come to the east and school. Go to UK and see ppl become PhD doctors at 20 21, but here it is different. The only thing that will make my boy not to enter primary 1 at 4 or 5 years if he he is not catching up with studies. When all the good coys recruitment will be asking for 20 yrs with 2 years experience

SUPERPACK:
So the 8 year old started nursery 1 in the womb or what? Let him spend the four years any how he wants as punishment for jumping classes massively.

I foresee a lot of children moving to boarding schools in other states.

There are advantages and disadvantages but when I see kids that say "last last school na scam" I commend this policy.

eni4real:

"...In silos"

Is true now.

Did they think through the whole funnel?

If a child is to start secondary school at 12, what child does the child start primary school? How do two working parents make a child productive till 5yrs at home? Will they peg the age a child is to enter primary school? If no, what does the child do from end of primary school till 12?

Will they start talking to companies especially private on removing age requirements?

If no, how do they want to marry age requirements for entry level companies and children graduating late?

So many questions.

Let the government focus on COVID-19 now and come back to this later.

DJperdurabo:


Grooming that child has to take his/her cognitive skills into consideration. It can't be done in isolation and said cognitive skills is a function of age.

Cognitive skills can be sharpened . Besides these days there is very little difference between the cognitive skills of a 10 year old and a 12 year old.
10 is very fair for Js1 .

There are 15 year old children that are smarter, more organized than some 20 year olds.

Especially with the way our country is messed up. Two years is a huge loss..
That means the child would graduate at 18 yrs .....Possible hustle for admission for 2 years.... It would take another 4-7 years to graduate depending on the course, 1 year service ....The child would be 30 by the time he is ready for job hunting .... Most companies these days want to employ 25 -27 year olds.

If a country that is more organized with smooth education and admission system proposes this, it would make more sense.
In Nigeria, its very hard to plan your future, except you have rich parents.

10 is a very fair age.
There should be more focus on parenting, I see too many bad parents these days.

missimelda01:
So 8years old in primary 6 would have to wait for 4 years before entering secondary school

They should start this from the new set entering KG 1.

No!
It must start now .

The child should goan learn tailor, carpenter or Baber first till he/she turns 12

haaaaaaaaa:
So that they will graduate and not have the opportunity to work in multinationals like KPMG, Accenture etc. Wicked human beings

Avalancheman:


No matter the bolded, maturity is needed...

But we know maturity is not always a factor of age but mental disposition.

texazzpete:


If someone is intelligent enough to graduate from University at 18, what's the issue?

it doesn't make sense.if a child finishes secondary school at 14,why can't he go and learn hand skills like hair dressing, tailoring, catering, vulcanising, carpentry etc...these skills are now essential particularly in this generation moreso nothing as beautiful as having a degree and a handskill so that when you finish university and there's no job forthcoming for the child,he creates one himself and even hire others, lobatan,he becomes self employed and give other graduates the opportunity to be employed so you see this how this thing is intricate and Interconnected.if he finishes secondary school at 14 let him learn any handskill of his choice for 4 years and when he's 18 then he can get admitted.moreover during the holidays he can be using his handskill to be making money for himself while rendering service to others


But you see the desperation of having certificate at an early age? You see where it has landed us? With incompetent professionals everywhere....


So when you make decisions think of long term goals and consequences, don't just think of today.so you must understand that the world has moved past certificate,what other useful skills do you have? That's what an employer will ask you



We have thousands of 1st class,what else do they have beyond that? Nothing

I love this!

At least, before they are shipped to us for A-Levels, University Foundation classes, lELTS, SAT, TOEFL, Communication Skills and PTDE Edexcel, they would be sane and mature..

That's the kind of education l received..

irunoko:
nobody wants to employ a child or an immature adult.every multinational wants thinkers and innovators not someone who will be giving them problem because of immaturity

Children have established companies and employed adults.
If the child is in entertainment e.g acting, music etc they are supported
Education should not be different
There are exceptional kids with special abilities e.g computer programming, coding, sports etc what they require is support and guidance
If a child is smart enough to figure out a cure for coronavirus he should be supported.

yers6:
I swear!!!!!!!! This is the best policy in education sector in recent years. Was still discussing this very crucial issue with woman days ago!!!!

Imagine a scenario whereby some new generation 'sophisticated' parents wants their wards in JSS 1 at the age of 7, 8, 9 or 10 and by the time the kid is 16 or 17, would already be done with university! And then by 19 would be done with nysc and then start working. And for those in majority, may not get a good job at that stage and so, life problems start hitting them with so much frustration which they were not fully prepared or grounded to face and then they resort to drugs, prostitution and other dangerous vices just to keep face or survive!

And there is where the challenge starts. Because they are still teenagers with the enormous mantle of grown adult's headaches, they become so directionless in life especially because most Nigerian men don't intend to settle down maritally or even take life very serious till they are 30 years and above. FACT!

Come to clubs on the island and you would weep for the new generations our so called enlightened and cosmopolitan parents are now raising. You would see young girls of 15, 16 from mostly Christian and Religious higher institutions of learning like Covenant, Babcock (the Babcock lady giving head last year in the viral video comes to mind here), Redeemers, Mountain Top, Caleb, Unilag, Leads, Alkhima, Afe Babalola, etc, flooding some of the most exquisite, expensive and classy night clubs on the island, in Owerri, Benin, PH, Abuja every and every weekend!

Or why do you think new exquisite clubs are opening up every other day in Lagos and those cities mentioned? High rate of slay queens everywhere? Or astronomical numbers of mamalawos on IG? Or the fact that weed, codeine, and other 'get high' drugs are recording the craziest sales ever? Its beyond just the fact there are big boys ready to spend but simply because the young and willing underage girls from the higher institutions of learning abounds massively like the sands in the ocean. You see young girls at age 17, 18, 19 among them already having flapping and seriously sagged breasts**.

And you begin to wonder if they are not young girls from so called prestigious and religious universities where security was very tight, where morals were preached and impacted on all fronts, where their parents spend fortunes on them to be in so called best schools?

If you were one brought up in a strict home and responsible background and happen to see things as they are in those cities mentioned, you would weep bitterly.

Don't get get this submission wrong as this is not to generalise that all underaged kids in universities are bad or irresponsible. Far from it. Still a lot are well raised and doing remarkably well even after graduation. Because age at times doesn't translated to maturity. But the danger lies in having kids who are not raised well to fully absorb the crude shocks of life in the majority!

How can you explain so many 16 years olds in 400 level in universities but are already deeply enmeshed in drug abuse? Or the girls that have committed several abortions that they have lost counts? Or those who have been to 100's of exquisite clubs in and out of the country at age 16/17? Thats why you see so many childish comments on social media posts and forum especially on Nairaland in recent years and you begin to wonder, who are these so called young adults with terribly childish mentality? How can you then explain the highest numbers of young boys and girls committing suicides in recent years when we all know Nigerian rarely commit suicide? By time the damage has been seriously done on those boys and girls, you now see their mother's en masse in churches and other religious gatherings seriously praying and fasting for God to touch the soul of those already destroyed children.

We play and pray too much in this country!

Upon the the whole long note that you wrote, you only got 2 likes.
It shows that your effort, time and submission are primitive, backward, depressive, stupid and annoying.
You just applauded the same old schizophrenic Nigerian politician, who has nothing to offer his citizens except deception, corruption, failure and oppression.
You don't peg people's destiny, Lagos state will lose. You have just opened way to more birth date forgeries and death of geniuses in Lagos.
Because the state does not want to work, like all Nigerian politicians whose brains are vegetables, it is seeking for a way out which they is the easiest.
Who do us this things?
Instead of fighting against quota system, principle of educationally developed/undeveloped areas as determinant of admissions you creating more problems.
The whole Europe and USA is seeking where to buy face masks, protective gears, gloves and hydroxychloroquine, they are turning to India.
In our stability in terms of covid19, we can not think of a way to help the world and even boost our economy. We can't think of nothing to produce, no state governor is even thinking, except on grabbing the peoples money.
Geniuses entering schools at early stage is not the reason for antisocial behavior.
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