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But he was told that in order to receive a full scholarship, he would need to enroll in the UTME preparatory course and receive a score higher than 300. ....
The FCT as a case study has over 10,000 secondary schools and less than 10 technical schools. This is an aberration because students who have the potentials in excelling in technical, vocational and trade centres reluctantly attend secondary schools only to fail in the end. Why do we have so many secondary schools and not a single privately owned technical school in FCT? I pause for an answer. ....
Another positive from the 2024 UTME is the number of females that applied this year, which is a bit higher than in previous years. According to the JAMB registrar, 982,393 males, representing 49.4 per cent, enrolled for the 2024 UTME, as against 1,007,275 females, which is 50.6 per cent. This is a huge boost for girl-child education in our country. I am glad that parents are beginning to see the importance of educating their girl-child. ....
All over the world, political economy serves as the determinant of education. For example, how come the Law Students who founded the West African Students Union (WASU) were predominantly from Western Nigeria? How come Christopher Sapara Williams, the first indigenous Nigerian lawyer was a Yoruba man? That was as far back as 1879! How come Adetokunbo Ademola, the first indigenous chief justice of the Nigerian Supreme Court, and Akintola Williams, Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant, were also of Yoruba extraction? So, what has changed? ....
Under normal circumstance, not everyone has the aptitude for the mental rigor which learning in higher institutions requires. It is our corrupt system that makes it seems as if everyone had the stuff for higher education. That explains why universities continue to increase in number despite woeful academic performance of applicants. If we choose to, we can get it right. ....