In order to eliminate secondary schools in Nigeria, Tunji Alausa is calling for the implementation of a 12-year basic education paradigm.
The minister gave a speech Thursday at the National Council on Education’s (NCE) extraordinary meeting for 2025 in Abuja.
Education commissioners from the 36 states, the FCT, MDAs, and other development partners attended the meeting.
According to Alausa, Nigerian education would be reformed to meet international standards by gradually abandoning the 6-3-3-4 paradigm and implementing a 12-4.
Under Nigeria’s 6–3–3–4 educational system, a child starts school at age six and completes six years of primary and secondary school, with the goal of being 18 years old at the end of the program.
According to Alausa, the government is asking the NCE for permission to establish 16 as the minimum age requirement for admission to postsecondary schools.
According to him, integrating secondary schools into basic education would allow for continuous learning until the age of sixteen.
A 12-year basic education program, according to the minister, will lower dropout rates by eliminating systemic and financial obstacles.
According to him, it would provide early vocational training and standardize the curriculum to get pupils ready for college and the workforce.
According to Alausa, if the strategy is implemented, it should improve social and economic development by lowering child labor and giving young people useful skills.
He stated that curriculum improvement, teacher training, infrastructure development, and policy reforms are important implementation tactics.
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