Nigeria Needs Skilled Youth, Not More Out-Of-School Adolescents – Alausa
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has defended the Federal Government’s decision to exempt candidates seeking admission into Colleges of Education and some agricultural-related programmes in polytechnics from sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying the move is aimed at tackling Nigeria’s growing population of out-of-school adolescents and building a skilled workforce. Speaking on…