JSS1 Minimum Age Not Raised to 12 - Nigerian Govt Refutes Report

JSS1 minimum age not raised to 12 - Nigerian Govt refutes report

The Federal Ministry of Education has debunked reports that the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) has been raised to 12 years. In a statement released on Friday in Abuja by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Mrs Folasade Boriowo, the ministry said the report was entirely inaccurate. She added that it did not come from any official source and did not reflect government policy. She clarified, “For the avoidance of doub…

FG Denies Raising JSS1 Minimum Age To 12 - News Agency Of Nigeria

By Funmilayo Adeyemi

FG: No child should complete primary education below age 10

The Ministry maintains that this age benchmark ensures the cognitive and emotional readiness of students for higher academic engagement

12-Year minimum age for JSS1 admission: Baseless, misleading – Fed. Ministry of Education

The Federal Ministry of Education has swiftly debunked a viral online report falsely claiming that the Federal Government has set a new minimum age of 12 years for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1). The Ministry has labeled the report as entirely baseless and misleading. The Ministry clarified that the report did not originate from any official source and does not reflect the Federal Government’s policy on the matter. Persecondnews…

“You don’t have to be 12 to start JSS1” - FG denies viral report

GistReel The Federal Government has denied reports claiming that it has raised the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) to 12 years. In a statement released by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, the Federal Ministry of Education clarified that the information did not originate from any official source and does not reflect government policy. “For the avoidance of doubt, the minimum age for adm…

FG denies setting 12 years as minimum age for JSS1 admission

The Federal Ministry of Education has confirmed that the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1) remains 10 years and has not been raised to 12.  The post FG denies setting 12 years as minimum age for JSS1 admission appeared first on Nairametrics.