The Federal Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday that Nigerian senior secondary school students studying arts and humanities will “no longer be required to present a credit in mathematics” in their Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), organized by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO), as a condition for admission to universities and polytechnics.
Previously, admission seekers in arts and humanities, along with those in sciences and social sciences, were mandated to have five credits, including mathematics and English language, to gain admission into higher institutions.
The revised guidelines, according to a statement by the FME’s spokesperson, Folasade Boriowo, are “designed to remove barriers while maintaining academic standards.”
The new framework applies to all tertiary institutions as follows:
- Universities: Minimum of “five (5) credit passes in relevant subjects, including English Language, obtained in not more than two sittings. Mathematics is mandatory for Science, Technology, and Social Science courses.”
- Polytechnics (ND Level): Minimum of “four (4) credit passes in relevant subjects, including English Language for non-science courses and Mathematics for science-related programs.”
- Polytechnics (HND Level): Minimum of “five (5) credit passes in relevant subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.”
- Colleges of Education (NCE Level): Minimum of “four (4) credit passes in relevant subjects, with English Language mandatory for Arts and Social Science courses, and Mathematics required for Science, Vocational, and Technical programs,” the statement said.
An education analyst, Ayodamola Oluwatoyin, who spoke to a correspondent in Abuja, “hailed the reform,” calling it “a brilliant reform which we hope will open the doors and improve the ease of admissions into tertiary institutions for more seekers.”
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, described the reform as a “deliberate effort to expand access to tertiary education.”
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