The Federal Government has banned underage children from participating in the National Common Entrance Examination for admission into the Unity Schools across
During the monitoring exercise, the Permanent Secretary stated that a total of 72,821 candidates sat for the examination nationwide.Adejo noted that to get into secondary, a candidate should be at least 12 years, adding that one could be eleven plus during the examination and by September, such a person would have attained the age of 12 years.
“We are getting to a stage where education is what can you use your knowledge to do for the society. You put a small child to go through all the rigours, by the time he finishes secondary, getting to University becomes a problem. I had that experience with a friend. Till date that friend did not get into a University, simply because he was put into school earlier than age that he was supposed to be put into school.
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