Many graduates can’t read or write, minister of education says

- The standard of education in Nigeria has become a great source of concern, according to the minister of education

- Malam Adamu Adamu recently revealed that some Nigerian graduate are unable to either read or write

- According to the minister, graduates have found it difficult to fill applications properly

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Nigeria's minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has lamented over the continuous fall in the standard of education across the country.

The Nation reports that Adamu who made the disclosure in Yola, Adamawa state decried that some Nigerian graduates can neither read nor write applications in a tolerable manner.

The minister who was represented by Hajia Rakiya Gambo Iliyasu, the director of tertiary education in the federal ministry of education, explained that the situation was a cause for concern.

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Speaking at the official commissioning of completed projects in the college, the minister went on to note that if the situation is to be reversed students and teachers need to sit up and face their tasks squarely.

Adamu stressed that students and graduates had been found to be unable to write one full sentence without multiple corrections needing to be made.

He urged all education sector stakeholders to sit up to ensure that the decline is bridged as soon as possible.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the federal government inaugurated the national implementation committee on the revitalization and repositioning of the teaching profession towards looking at the newly approved special teachers’ salary.

The committee was set-up on Thursday, November 19, in Abuja, by the minister of education.

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The committee comprises the executive secretaries of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) as well as the chairman of the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC).

In a related development, the management of the Lagos State University (LASU), has increased tuition of new students by 168%.

The school authority said the old students would continue to pay the initial N25,000 until they graduate from the institution while fresh students would pay the new increase of N67,048.50 per session.

A circular issued by the institution showed that the hike in school fees would kick-off with the new intakes.

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