A university lecturer, Dr Stella Aririguzuh, says banning under-18 students from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, will lead to capital flight. The don was reacting to Federal Government’s move to ban students below 18 years from sitting for WASSCE and the one conducted by National Examinations Council (NECO).....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
She said the proposed policy by the Federal Government would force Nigerians to send their children to overseas countries for further studies.
“More parents will send their children to schools outside Nigeria, further depleting our resources,” Aririguzuh said.
She explained that the policy would kill the zeal of students to push themselves to achieve more in their younger days.
Aririguzuh, however, noted that the advantage of the policy was that the country would have matured students coming into the universities.
He said they are to stop those below 18 years from writing their examinations.
