LEGENDINFO

Pegging the entry age for tertiary education has been generating concerns in the country in recent times, with many saying 16 years is the way to go as against 18 years stipulated in the National Policy on Education . The issue escalated last year when the immediate-past minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, during a monitoring exercise, discovered that children below the age of 16 were sitting for the UTME. He raised concern about it and emphasised the need to maintain the 18-year threshold in the policy. However, this generated a lot of outbursts from parents, students and stakeholders as they said children who have finished Senior Secondary III should not be left to stay at home as a result of age. However, the present minister, Dr Tunji Alausa, reversed the decision, sticking to 18 years as the entry age and recommending 16 years. He further summoned a National Council on Education and made a proposal that the 16-year policy on admission into tertiary institutions should be in...

  MY PARTICIPATION IN STUDENTS ACTIVISM.   1. NAEHSN Convention 2015 Abakalaki Ebonyi State. 2. Auditor General SUG Chst Tsafe 2020/2021 3. NANS ZONE A Convention 2024 that produced comrd. Sadi Third Man As Zone A Coordinator 4. Inauguration Of NANS Exco Zone A In Jigawa 2024 5. SUG President Chst Tsafe 2023/2024 6. Chairman SUGs PRESIDENTIAL FORUM ZAMFARA STATE 2024 7. Senator Nans Jcc Zamfara Axis 8. Stakeholders Unionism College Of Health Science And Technology, Tsafe STRUGGLES. 1. Founder of  ZAMSSA CHST TSAFE  2. Among delegations that led to reduction of school fees More Especially Final Year Cary Over Students in Chst Tsafe  3. Led the struggle of Distribution Of Detergent And Sanitary Panties In Alfurqan Nursery, Primary and Secondary School Gusau.  4. Led The Struggle Of Distribution Of Plastic Cattle, Bucket And Detergent In Federal Polytechnic Kauran Namoda. 5. Struggle Of Distribution Detergent, Soap And Sanitary Pants In GGDSS Focal Tsafe. 6. S...

  The Senate President of  National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), Comrade Adeniji Boluwaji Temitope, alongside the NAPS structure Comrade Abdulmumeen Ibrahim, Comrade Olalere Benedict, NAPS Southwest PRO, Director of Media and Publicity met with the Top Management Staff of Opay in Lagos State to discussed the opportunity in the Scholarship platform for Nigerian Students organized by OPAY and how the Polytechnic Students could benefit. The meeting was made possible due to the timely intervention of the DSS Lagos State Command in response to an official letter written to OPAY.  Comrade Olalere Benedict presented the position of NAPS that Polytechnic Students as always been marginalized in Nigeria; different organizations do focus on University Students than Polytechnic Students and if  everyone will be sincere the Polytechnic graduates are contributing more to the economic development and progress of Nigeria than the university graduates. He made mentione...