ezebunafo:
So what now happens if a child passed out of basic 5 by age 16,will he/she stays home till he is 18?

The question is, why would a child be out of "basic" by 16? If you enroll your children in school at the appropriate age, 18 is exactly the age they should finish at, as is done almost everywhere in the world. So where are the parents rushing him or her to, and why? Do you realize that mental development occurs in stages and the average child is not ready for university life and university-level work by 16?

Yemmysworld91:
16 should be the standard, this 18 get as e be o. Funny policy makers

17 years would have been perfect.

vincenteger:
They should start with their children

It's not possible in Nigeria

They will send their own kids to school abroad

Nigeria is a backward country, how do we get young aspiring people when we have limited the age they are supposed to progress in their life?

Honestly, this country is not for me

It appears that your perspective does not take into account the nuances of child development.

It is unfortunate that our government insists on rigid age requirements, such as waiting until 18 to take the SSCE, rather than recognizing individual readiness.

This approach seems to be a departure from reality, focusing instead on arbitrary goals.

CyrusVI:


That actually good. Considering the fact that Mental maturity is needed to excel in some top courses in the Uni

I know there are exceptional cases whereby a 17year old student can top his class in the Uni, but exceptions dont make the rules



If you do not understand the relationship between age-dependent higher cognitive reasoning and Academic excellence, then I wont be surprised to see u attack this good development

CyrusVI:


That actually good. Considering the fact that Mental maturity is needed to excel in some top courses in the Uni

I know there are exceptional cases whereby a 17year old student can top his class in the Uni, but exceptions dont make the rules





If you do not understand the relationship between age-dependent higher cognitive reasoning and Academic excellence, then I wont be surprised to see u attack this good development

Dumbo!

This policy is a stupid one because WAEC and NECO exams are not only for JAMB and admission to universities. Make 18 the minimum age for JAMB and admissions, but not for WAEC and NECO exams.

If you like, write WAEC and NECO exams at the age of 14. Use the next 4 years to learn trades, basic computing, tailoring, painting or any other skill. This will shape your career and help you to make wise decisions when choosing a program to do in university at the age of 18.

One other thing that should be made illegal in this case is sending kids that are below the age of 3 to school.

Does it mean one has to be 19 before he enters the University?

SmartyPants:


The question is, why would a child be out of "basic" by 16? If you enroll your children in school at the appropriate age, 18 is exactly the age they should finish at, as is done almost everywhere in the world. So where are the parents rushing him or her to, and why? Do you realize that mental development occurs in stages and the average child is not ready for university life and university-level work by 16?

Speak for yourself.

If you are daft, don't deny other people progress.

I had 15 year olds in my class in Uni and they did very well.
So...

Just don't be fvcking daft!

I support FG on this one. Too many kids going to higher institution these days. The worst part is that most of these kids are products of Ignoramuses. Parents who can not even address a crowd. Parents who doesn't know what education entails. All they know is to keep pushing the child. This is the major reason we have so many yahoo boys in most higher institution today. Teens who buys car, furnished their houses, while their parents are poor at home.

Nonsense! Something is wrong with fg aswear

BeeBeeOoh:


https://punchng.com/fg-to-enforce-18-year-age-limits-for-waec-neco-exams/#google_vignette

you people should also make sure you increase age limit for job placement...

While 14 years old females can be married off in the North. Foolish anti-progress policymakers. Another reasonable administration will reverse it. The North cannot dictate our educational pace. At least, 16 years.

kevinexit:
I support FG on this one. Too many kids going to higher institution these days. The worst part is that most of these kids are products of Ignoramuses. Parents who can not even address a crowd. Parents who doesn't know [/b]what education entails. All they know is to keep pushing the child. This is the major reason we have so many yahoo boys in most higher institution today. Teens [b]who buys car, furnished their houses, while their parents are poor at home.

If you were properly educated, your grammar won't be this poor!

....well I guess you were still struggling to pass basic SSCE at 19.
Explains it really.

HBB1:



Speak for yourself.

If you are daft, don't deny other people progress.

I had 15 year olds in my class in Uni and they did very well.
So...

Just don't be fvcking daft!

Clearly you don't understand the meaning of "the average child". Without meaning to insult you, clearly, you are the daft one here.

APC

A pile of Chauvinist

CyrusVI:


That actually good. Considering the fact that Mental maturity is needed to excel in some top courses in the Uni

I know there are exceptional cases whereby a 17year old student can top his class in the Uni, but exceptions dont make the rules



If you do not understand the relationship between age-dependent higher cognitive reasoning and Academic excellence, then I wont be surprised to see u attack this good development

so you hold the exceptional students back? We keep losing scholars to foreign countries. this makes no sense whatsoever

This policy is just to hinder the progress of these young lads.
I finished sec sch at 18 got admission at 21 finished at 25 after NYSC, I became 27 looking for job and employers required 25 minimum age,
What can I do

SoliBayNG:
I finished high school at 16. So these folks are trying to tell me that I woulda waited for 2 years? Americans are celebrating 14 year olds having PHDs, we are stifling growth. Wait until it's their kids. They will find a way around it.

If they were busy doing their jobs properly, they won't have time for witchcraft laced policies such as these

America this, America that. Copying American lifestyle and ideologies etc make u feel progressive? That's Inferiority complex. America is also celebrating Homosexuality, u and Ur children should also accept it, since America and the West are the ones that set the standard for how u should live Ur life.
We Africans should define our own path towards social, educational and economic progress. We don't have to depend on the Western world to dictate to us.
Copy copy dey lead to "see finish" Ooo.

Let them pass a law that would require both female and male to be at least 18 before getting married.

Solsix:
So a child who's intelligent will have to wait till he or she reaches 18 before writing SSCE. This seems to me like a waste of time.

What happens to getting some skills while waiting or even Get a diploma from some college. Its only a waste if the student wants it to be waste

Very good move

A lot of silly children are occupying spaces in our campuses these days

SmartyPants:


Clearly you don't understand the meaning of "the average child". Without meaning to insult you, clearly, you are the daft one here.

Maybe people around you are just plain daft!

The average Nigerian child will grt into Uni at 16/17 and will do very well.


My classmates were in this age range and most had no problems.

Then there were those who were 15.
They thrived to.

So oga, speak for yourself!

clear plot to disenfranchise u guys from de so called fed jobs.. just so u guys will be older than the age limit for fed govt job by the time u graduates from uni .. dont forget you will still spent like 7yrs for a 4yr course due to ASUU strikes.

Gboom:
This policy is just to hinder the progress of these young lads.
I finished sec sch at 18 got admission at 21 finished at 25 after NYSC, I became 27 looking for job and employers required 25 minimum age,
What can I do

That is how u will know that these e-diots making policies in this country are so far detached from the reality of the common man.

The fact that their own kids don't even look for jobs but just get employed at CBN,NNPC,NUPRC and other elite government agencies automatically does not really make them understand that this senseless policy will only lead to more average Nigerian youth not getting jobs upon graduation.

Like, these people can't see beyond their nose.

realborn:


This is quite retrogressive in this day and age of advanced technology.

I left secondary school at age 15, almost 3 decades ago. Qualified through JAMB at age 16, and it has been a great ride of life afterwards.

Presently, the average age to sit for WAEC/NECO for 6 sets of students in Secondary School is 16 years. What provision is in place for the proposed 2-year minimum lag? Should they just stop at their present class of study and continue when they fit the 18 years model?

Or, will the FG provide and encourage vocational centers for all to bridge the Post Secondary School/ Pre-University stage? If this is in place, it will make load of sense. Otherwise, it will be unfair to plunge our future leaders to an unfair loss of competitive advantage among their global peers

Well said!!!

So retrogressive a policy, they are trying to slow some people down.

Mental illness! I finished my WAEC, 5 days to my 17th birthday.

Backwardness is the reality of Nigeria these days. House is on fire but the people who are supposed to quench the fire are busy chasing rat.

See you in court abokii, if a 14 year old girl can get married in the north, then why can’t a 16 year old who has passed her exams diligently not be able to go to university. Which one tough pass, under age marriage or university?

Silly policy. I know young people who could have been going to uni at 14 to 15 and mentally mature in my time. No magic centres then.
Yours truly's dad insisted on waiting for peers, like many parents did back then.

All the old men in govt today, how did their "mental maturity" help them fix economy, insecurity, inflation, poverty?

In 9ja, if some region is not dragging others down, govt is dragging the people down.

At least 5 to 10 % of kids fall in the brackets of gifted people. Should it not be on individual basis?

An American scientist that I have met, entered uni at 15. Although he was later disgraced due to racial nonsense later in life, he played a big role in making one of the biggest discoveries in science ever. He collected all possible awards for it. He is approaching 100 years of age as we speak.

This is simply a ploy by the Muslim North to draw the South back, since majority of their people never go to school. They give their daughters aged below 15 in marriage but require Nigerians to wait till 18 before writing WAEC and JAMB. They want to discourage our children from pursuing education. This is an evil and Satanic agenda and must be resisted. If this evil decision stands the consequences are hydraheaded. This will cause millions of teens in the South who graduate from secondary school before 18 to roam the streets for years and you know the implications of that.
Why APC is so devilish is beyond me. Go to other countries and see youths who graduate from University at 17-18years.Here evil APC is saying Nigerians should only write WAEC at 18. Knowing fully well that man y won't make it in one sitting. So potentially many will enter the University at 20 and above and graduate at 30. It's only in a Tinubu Presidency that you hear this sort of wickedness being the focus of a government. Even Buhari wasn't as evil.

These people are truly mad o. They want to draw the masses backward with their unfortunate acts. Tinubu is truly the worst president ever in this country.