Edge's View: Senate to stop 18 years JAMB candidates from admission

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Senate:

The Senate Committee on Basic Education has said it would work towards amending the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB to stop the board from admitting candidates below the age of 18 years.

This was disclosed on Monday by the Vice Chairman of the committee, Senator Akon Eyakenyi, during the committee’s oversight visit to JAMB. According to the committee, age has a lot to do with learning ability, particularly in higher institutions.

“If the products from the secondary schools are not properly catered for to be assessed before turning them into the university definitely you will have a problem,” she said.

Edge's View:

My question is who comes up with this ignorant thoughts and ideas.. are the senate committee not leaving in the times and era we are all leaving in?

Are they not aware that due to well established private schools and other factors kids are leaving secondary school earlier than generations before them did, the Generation Z ( Gen Z born between 1997 and 2015) are very intelligent, some of this kids IQ are over the roof.

Given the right environment and attention they might graduate University at 16years. So whoever controls this committees or is in charge of educating them please do so...

Instead of the senate to think of ways of advancing education so we can produce more credible graduates...No not them, they are on the path of retrogression, trying to move us 10years back... You see Nigerians the people we voted to represent us.... You best get your voters card ready so we can make better choices.

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