The
Senate has described the recent intention of the Federal Government to
scrap the National Examination Council (NECO) and the UTME as a
continuity of the pattern of policy somersaults that have consistently
limited progress in the education sector.
Making
the Senate’s position known on the matter, Chairman, Senate Committee
on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, in a statement made available
on Sunday, entitled “RE: Reported Scrapping of NECO and UTME”, argued
that if the proposed scrapping should sail through, it does not require a
seer to forecast a new swirl of reversals in the education sector in
the next five years.
He
said the scrapping would exacerbate, rather than dealing with some of
the identified key problems in the sector, including access, quality,
funding and institutional management.
According
to him, the basic problems stunting growth in the education sector were
unrelated to the current intention of Government to scrap NECO and
UTME.
“It
is my view that government should open the subject up to full
discussion in order that the best interest of Nigeria and its teeming
student population is primarily served.
“On
resumption from the Easter and non-plenary session recess, the Senate
Committee on Education will meet to formally examine the full
implications of the government intention”, he said.
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