ogbonti:
In the US, you cannot apply to write the LSAT (Law School Aptitude Test) t o gain admission to study Law if you do not have a 4 year degree- Meanwhile, In Nigeria, anyone, fresh from one secondary school - "barely able to clean their anus in terms of reasoning and life experience" will write WAEC and JAMB in "miracle centers" and baam! - they are reading Law or Medicine in a University. In America, you can not read Medicine without, first, having a degree in one of the natural sciences like BCH (BioChem) MCB (MicroBiology) or even Pure and Applied Chemistry. Even for regular degrees like (Business Admin, Political Science, Philosophy or even Finance) most times - most schools prefer you get your 2 year Associate Diploma (what we call OND) from a Community College before applying for a degree program so they can evaluate your ability to cope with the University degree program -

Naija always finds a way to bastardize and make chaotic - things done with integrity and orderliness in other climes -------> why the rush to graduate kids from Universities when they may be book smart but lacking emotional intelligence required for a balanced University education?

Why not enrol that kid in vocational education to spend that age 16 - 18 learning a life skill so when they get to the university- they can be earning a living with their new skill and sustaining themselves while in school to reduce the financial pressure on their parents ? What is the need of graduating at age 19, serve at age 20 and becomes miserably unemployed - doing yahoo yahoo and hook up from age 21 to 40? rabbissshhh!!!!

You do have a valid point but, my concern is usually how many years it will take a student to finish a four year course looking at this our epileptic educational system where ASUU will down tools at the slightest provocation?

Employers keep asking for graduates of 22yrs with Masters degree while some are just gaining admission at that age..

I feel our educational system needs a total overhaul..

Kukutenla:
Lol. Werey people
Who came up with that idea in the first place
APC is filled with dumb and daft demagogues with peas for brain

13years can marry but 15 years cannot go to the University. Misplaced priority

IamANigerianMan:

How did did they finished secondary before 16 years? I went to primary school at 7 , I became a graduate at 22.. anyone that finished secondary before 16 a complete fraund... Are you telling me they started primary at age 2 or 3.. you must be a joker. Let drop this fraud and move forward I beg

Primary school at 7?!! You be olodo
But how did you graduate at 22 when you started Primary school at 7? Be like the olodo never comot ya body

ogbonti:
In the US, you cannot apply to write the LSAT (Law School Aptitude Test) t o gain admission to study Law if you do not have a 4 year degree- Meanwhile, In Nigeria, anyone, fresh from one secondary school - "barely able to clean their anus in terms of reasoning and life experience" will write WAEC and JAMB in "miracle centers" and baam! - they are reading Law or Medicine in a University. In America, you can not read Medicine without, first, having a degree in one of the natural sciences like BCH (BioChem) MCB (MicroBiology) or even Pure and Applied Chemistry. Even for regular degrees like (Business Admin, Political Science, Philosophy or even Finance) most times - most schools prefer you get your 2 year Associate Diploma (what we call OND) from a Community College before applying for a degree program so they can evaluate your ability to cope with the University degree program -

Naija always finds a way to bastardize and make chaotic - things done with integrity and orderliness in other climes -------> why the rush to graduate kids from Universities when they may be book smart but lacking emotional intelligence required for a balanced University education?

Why not enrol that kid in vocational education to spend that age 16 - 18 learning a life skill so when they get to the university- they can be earning a living with their new skill and sustaining themselves while in school to reduce the financial pressure on their parents ? What is the need of graduating at age 19, serve at age 20 and becomes miserably unemployed - doing yahoo yahoo and hook up from age 21 to 40? rabbissshhh!!!!

there are no specific requirements to take LSAT... However, candidates must be at least 13 years old. Test-takers under 18 years old need to provide written consent from a parent or legal guardian.

stop saying what you don't know and mis-informing people just to defend corrupt politicians..

This is why you don't put square peg in round hole. It takes a being that values something to know that genius can walk that path even as a toddler.

ogbonti:


and who told you vocational education is not education ? what is education to you ? cramming and regurgitating dense texts in a book for exam purposes? this is the problem with Nigeria - we do not see the picture and even when we do- we have this penchant to ignore it.

Come to the US and other developed societies, with you Bsc and Msc - your Boss on that job is just a GED or WAEC (equivalent holder) He becomes your Boss because he has on the job experience that you do not have and he is a team player - no big emphasis is placed on degrees or certificates which they see as just a receipt that you payed to attend a class to cram dense text to regurgitate for 4 years - you get it?

where did samsard say vocational education is not education in his post?

stop putting words in people's mouth just to dis-credit them when you don't even know that in the U.S people get jobs because they are whyte regardless of their educational qualifications and that is why that boss with only WAEC also has a boss ahead of him with Bsc and other degrees..

there is big emphasis on degrees abroad that is why they are employing migrants with Bsc and higher degree ahead of their population who don't have Bsc and any educational qualifications..

Kenosky1:
My son who scored[b] 330 in JAMB[/b] couldn't gain admission last year because he was 15 years 11 months and 3 weeks and considered under age and below 16 years. He wrote JAMB again this year and got 345 and intends to study medicine. Please who can arrange better thunder for me and send it to this Olodo person calling himself minister of education.

miracle center son

GUNITGuy:
Why the rush sef ......introduce 18years and make it compulsory for every child to atten a vocational skill for atleast 2yrs or 3yrs .....Either[b] learning I.T, Welding, Software, or even online skills, Tailoring, welding, Rig welding, or Barbing, Hair dressing, even Cobbling and Technical [/b]skills relevant in Companies or create self employment.....No one should just come out of school with head knowledge that won't be exchange for money ....
Stop this certification rush without any financial skills coming into adulthood it's a trouble looming ...
Look at our Agricultural system bastardized because people aren't creative enough to explore it since they told you all must go to school and have a white collar job that would be erased by Artificial intelligence coming from 2035...Jobs like Accounting finance even Medicine and some. Engineering wouldn't be needed it's just a matter of time

A child that can learn all those skills (as you call them) in bold at the age of 16 years will do very well in the University. Those skills aren't introductory either.

codemaniacs:


where did samsard say vocational education is not education in his post?

stop putting words in people's mouth just to dis-credit them when you don't even know that in the U.S people get jobs because they are whyte regardless of their educational qualifications and that is why that boss with only WAEC also has a boss ahead of him with Bsc and other degrees..

there is big emphasis on degrees abroad that is why they are employing migrants with Bsc and higher degree ahead of their population who don't have Bsc and any educational qualifications..

everyone reading your post who is living in the US right now for at least 5 years know you are talking nonsense

my niece's supervisor at fedex here in California is a 26 year old "BLACK" lady making $95,000 a year - she only has GED and she has been with FEDEX since she was 18 years old . So stop misinforming people. Meanwhile I know of a guy in Texas who has a degree here in the USA AND he is driving UBER right now

codemaniacs:


there are no specific requirements to take LSAT... However, candidates must be at least 13 years old. Test-takers under 18 years old need to provide written consent from a parent or legal guardian.

stop saying what you don't know and mis-informing people just to defend corrupt politicians..

do you go to law school until you get your first degree in the US, yes OR no?

how d the man become professor?

he should be looking at double promotion at the schools.

samsard:
Oh. Why don't you tell me GED holders are the major ones innovating in Fortune 500 companies and also holding top management positions?
You think we're all village people with no exposure, abi?
And where did I say vocational education is not education.
Hope you're not comparing the almost disorganised vocational training we have here with structured systems in the west?

How many people even graduates will have the chance in life to become CEO of a fortune 500 company - MR. AMBITIOUS NIGERIAN?

With the way your country is milling out unemployable graduates every year? you may have to create 20 million fortune 500 companies so all your graduates can seat there as CEO with their worthless certicates

Oga, I live in the real world - you do not even need a degree to be the best in anything you do in life- you need a lucrative skill set.
Mark Zuckerberg is a Harvard drop out - he did not need that paper certificate to found Facebook - guess what - when he succeeded with facebook- Harvard invited him to give him a honorary Ph.D and for many years he has been employing Harvard graduates to be his workers - the so called graduates -

Bill Gates nko, drop out from Harvard - he did not need degree to be the Founder of Microsoft - Steve Jobs nko, drop out - he did not need a degree to found Apple Computers - the maker of the iPhone all your Nigerian graduates cant even afford.

What about your Aliko Dangote here in Nigeria? which school him go? and the other day he was employing Masters degree holders to drive his trucks

abeg shift- if you have nothing meaningful to say go sleep - biko

dem double promote you?
na all those yaga-yaga promotions the minister suppose dey look at

LegendHero:
Lol, be like say the minister don drink before the meeting.

I completed secondary school at age 14. So one minister go talk say make I no enter Uni back then too right?

iwaeda:


https://dailytrust.com/breaking-minister-bows-to-pressure-accepts-16-years-as-admission-age-for-2024/

Even by next year, it won't stand.. He should stop making verbal decree. This is democracy.. A bill was signed into law in this regard and until that is repealed, what is sponsoring won't stand.. When did he become legislator passing a bill?

These backwards nor_therners should stop making laws and rules that will hinder the academics speed of other states.

We don't have same speed with them. They should move at their own pace and let others maintain their speed too.

Kukutenla:

Primary school at 7?!! You be olodo
But how did you graduate at 22 when you started Primary school at 7? Be like the olodo never comot ya body

I would have broken it down for you but there is no need, I finished secondary that very year I got admission to study STATISTICS, four years after, I was already a graduate doing NYSC

LegendHero:
Lol, be like say the minister don drink before the meeting.

I completed secondary school at age 14. So one minister go talk say make I no enter Uni back then too right?

why you go finish school 14. Where you dey rush go. Life is a process bro

IamANigerianMan:

I would have broken it down for you but there is no need, I finished secondary that very year I got admission to study STATISTICS, four years after, I was already a graduate doing NYSC

Wonderful!! No strike?!! What year was that
Besides, the figure still don't add up
Check it out

"that the law required that their children should be in school at 18 years, having attended six years in primary school, three years in Junior Secondary School and three years in senior secondary school."

The law is clear on this!

If a child starts primary school at the mandatory 6yrs, will he be able to finish secondary at age 16yrs? That what they should be asking private schools and most parents rushing n pushing their kids to jump classes or write common entrances/waec in primary 4 and SS2...

To me the law must be applicable to all n now!

Only for this year. That means he hasn’t bowed to any pressure

ogbonti:


miracle center son

Thanks for the compliment, my son also had 7As and 1B in WAEC. I spend a lot of time teaching and preparing my children for exams. Success can easily come through hard work.

PlasmaTV:
Wahala
I've NEVER EVER in my entire life seen a government as clueless and indecisive as this current APC government. So they have turned policy making to a town hall affair where people can shout "yay" or "nay". These people obviously don't have any plans for the country. They should just resign already.

They'll say one thing, in the next breath, say another thing. Their principal, Baba Bulaba, started this stupid practice when he screamed "subsidy is gone" without thinking it through. That careless statement is biting us in the ass now.

By the way, 18 years benchmark is STUPID!!! In SANER CLIMES, 21 year olds have an msc and PhD but here, a 21 year old is still writing jamb exams. Pathetic.

Btw, where has Seun been? He opened one stake thread, promising to answer questions about his relationship with Jarus but he has not answered a single question. Sad. More active on Twitter, displaying his bulaba side.

....I'm happy yelobas are the ones in government...occupying everywhere....let Nigerians and the world see how dumb and clueless they're...emilocan people...

3ple9iner:

Most 16 years are not mature enough to live alone, first semester results is usually comes with attempted suicide or suicide.

My hod that went to school in the 80s finish first degree at 19

Maturity comes with information. Information is readily accessible in this Internet age.

Today's kids are more mature

PlasmaTV:
Wahala
I've NEVER EVER in my entire life seen a government as clueless and indecisive as this current APC government. So they have turned policy making to a town hall affair where people can shout "yay" or "nay". These people obviously don't have any plans for the country. They should just resign already.

They'll say one thing, in the next breath, say another thing. Their principal, Baba Bulaba, started this stupid practice when he screamed "subsidy is gone" without thinking it through. That careless statement is biting us in the ass now.

By the way, 18 years benchmark is STUPID!!! In SANER CLIMES, 21 year olds have an msc and PhD but here, a 21 year old is still writing jamb exams. Pathetic.

Btw, where has Seun been? He opened one stake thread, promising to answer questions about his relationship with Jarus but he has not answered a single question. Sad. More active on Twitter, displaying his bulaba side.

You are not making sense using words. What’s clueless about setting the record straight. If u like be in SS3 or finish secondary sch and u move abroad u will be put in same class where ur age group is. You can not jump the gun. But when Nigeria decides to apply the law u all scream cluelessness but the truth is that u are the clueless one. Check the class age of student around the globe and you will than Nigeria for not effecting the rule a long time ago. #IfCluelessWasAPerson

ogbonti:



How many people even graduates will have the chance in life to become CEO of a fortune 500 company - MR. AMBITIOUS NIGERIAN?

With the way your country is milling out unemployable graduates every year? you may have to create 20 million fortune 500 companies so all your graduates can seat there as CEO with their worthless certicates

Oga, I live in the real world - you do not even need a degree to be the best in anything you do in life- you need a lucrative skill set.
Mark Zuckerberg is a Harvard drop out - he did not need that paper certificate to found Facebook - guess what - when he succeeded with facebook- Harvard invited him to give him a honorary Ph.D and for many years he has been employing Harvard graduates to be his workers - the so called graduates -

Bill Gates nko, drop out from Harvard - he did not need degree to be the Founder of Microsoft - Steve Jobs nko, drop out - he did not need a degree to found Apple Computers - the maker of the iPhone all your Nigerian graduates cant even afford.

What about your Aliko Dangote here in Nigeria? which school him go? and the other day he was employing Masters degree holders to drive his trucks

abeg shift- if you have nothing meaningful to say go sleep - biko

Oh, let me guess, all the engineers at Qualcomm, Apple and Microsoft as headed by Steve Jobs and the rest are college dropouts? Steve Jobs was more of a manager than a technical or science person.
And forget that thing about CEOs being college dropouts, those are a small minority in the grand scheme of things because statistics shows that most founder CEOs and top management have proper formal education and advanced education.
Those men still need people with proper certifications and formal education for a lot of things and they educate themselves privately, which is not something everyone is capable of.
Even in America, a lot of their college grads are more of liberal science Grads who would be considered "unemployable".
You don't sound like you're saying anything remotely meaningful either. Taking a niche case and making it sound like the norm