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16 YEAR-OLD SUES FG OVER NEW POLICY RESTRICTING UNDER 16 FROM UNIVERSITY ADMISSION

A 15-year-old Senior Secondary School student, Chinaemere Opara, has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board[JAMB], and National Universities Commission [NUC] to court over new admission policy. Chinaemere, represented by his father and lawyer, Maxwell Opara, filed the suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking six reliefs as stated by News Agency…

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WASSCE: ASUU, NUT DIFFER AS FG BANS UNDER-18 CANDIDATES

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council, even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ programme…

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