Indications have emerged that the Federal Government has dropped the 9-3- 4 system of education.

This educational system took stakeholders over three years to plan and work out its implementation strategy.

The system, which purportedly kicked off in 2009, had the components of basic, technical and vocational inputs, which pupils were expected to complete in the first nine years before proceeding on a career path in the next three years of secondary education.

Education Minister, Prof. Uqayyatu Rufa'i, last Tuesday, proposed to the National Assembly (NASS), the need to revert to the old system of 6-3-3-4, but with a modification that would include Early Childhood Education (ECE).

The new system, according to her, was sequel to the recommendations of the Presidential Task Team on Education, which President Goodluck Jonathan has already approved.

Rufa'i said the new system would now be known as 1-6- 3-3-4, signifying that the first one year of education would be for a child of five years.

The six-year component would be for primary education, while the other three, three and four years would be for junior and senior secondary and tertiary, respectively.

'A more current National Policy on Education that captures all the sectorial policies, vis-a-vis, gender, ECE, ICT, HIV and AIDS and the new policies arising from the fallout of the Presidential Task Team on Education recommendations, are some of the tasks ahead,' the minister said.

She said the best way to manage the Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs), must be sought out without losing the vision of the forefathers who established them.

She said all these issues, and many others, need proper articulation for implementation, saying that the activities of the National Teachers' Institute (NTI) Kaduna would be refocused for practicing teachers to maximise their re-training benefits.

A 30-man committee, with renowned educationist, Pai Ubanya as technical adviser and the minister as chairperson, to ensure the implementation of the new system of education, was on Tuesday set up in Abuja.

The committee is expected to among other things, update the National Policy on Education (NPE) and amend all outdated laws of the Ministry of Education.

It would also re-structure the functions of the ministry, its departments, with specific attention to ensuring that only professionals were heads of departments and parastatals.

Other areas which the committee is expected to work include expansion of the Universal Basic Education Commission's mandate to cover secondary education, amend the UBEC Act to incorporate all levels of pre tertiary education.

Sequel to this, the committee would also address the problems of Federal Unity Colleges (FUCs), relocate them under the management of UBEC, but this would only take place after the amendment of the UBEC Act.

Rufa'i said the main function of this committee is to propose modalities for the smooth actualisation of the PTTE recommendations, saying that its membership of the committee was based on the need to have tested and trusted individuals who could deliver

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another bollocks

emiye:

another bollocks

Said so eloquently . . . . .

With due respect, I think GEJ is seriously confused. I saw him vehemently condemn d 6-3-3-4 system on TV, saying "it is d worst thing to happen to d Nigerian Educational System", now he's added 1 year to it and going back to it.
The day he made this unfortunate statement was the day Prof Fafunwa (the originator of the 6-3-3-4) was in Abuja for a lecture, the poor professor didn't survive that week. I am almost certain the verbal abuse from then Mr 'Acting President' would have added to his early demise.
Sad, very sad.

What difference does it make?

Does it matter whether you do 1 6 3 3 4, 6 3 3 4 or the old 9 3 4?

WOW !!


Imagine how many millions of dollars this scheme has helped some STEAL OOO!!!

And it took 3 years to work this out? I wonder how many years it will take to implement it.

So 3 years were spent with fed allocations to decide putting 1 year before the existing 6 3 3 4.

^-- Lol


I still don't even see how this stuff matters. All the same thing. Quality is what is important, not how you divvy up the years.

Omo this thing don dey confuse me o. 9-3-4, 6-3-3-4, 1-6-3-3-4, omo this thing don dey turn formation. We go soon hear 4-4-2. Rubbish. . .

soon we will even see 4 1 9 4 education system


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Is the 1 6 3 3 4 going to turn the flooded classrooms to model classrooms?
Is it going to provide textbooks and reading materials to the pupils and students?
Is it going to pay the N18k minimum wage to the teachers?
Is the revised 6334 system what the edu sector needs more than the enabling environment for teaching and learning?

odiaero:

Confusion everywhere, what is the difference between them?

9-3-4 = 16 yrs
1-6-3-3-4 = 17yrs

Clear difference

Is that our problem in this country? Educational system? Why not 6 3 3 1 4?

Confusion everywhere, what is the difference between them? well, am going to test the latest formation on my PS3 FIFA-2012 and see how it goes, since nigerian education system is now about formations

Xavier.:

With due respect, I think GEJ is seriously confused. I saw him vehemently condemn d 6-3-3-4 system on TV, saying "it is d worst thing to happen to d Nigerian Educational System", now he's added 1 year to it and going back to it.
The day he made this unfortunate statement was the day Prof Fafunwa (the originator of the 6-3-3-4) was in Abuja for a lecture, the poor professor didn't survive that week. I am almost certain the verbal abuse from then Mr 'Acting President' would have added to his early demise.
Sad, very sad.

Bad mouth

Outdated old  leaders that are not intune.

what happens tp pre-nursery and nursery?

so no more graduates younger than 21?

Babies are now to spend the first five years at home chilling?

ezme:

Babies are now to spend the first five years at home chilling?

You need to dsign your own programme,its seems they are not thinking of producing people that will develop the country,they always worship foreigners to come and build the roads,explore the oil and refine for them.When they are sick,they travel to india .

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awon oniyeye dede

1-6-3-3-4

Everybody wants his/her name immortalised.

Mrs. Minister wants to be remembered for introducing this nonsense.

Why is it that our professors are not innovative? Copy and paste everywhere.

slowpoke in Govt

[/b]Babies are now to spend the first five years at home chilling? [b]

If u lik let ur own babies spend 5 years @ home chilling,wen their own babies start creche @ age 1,

Will this make education better in Nigeria? Is the problem with our education caused by the system used?
Let our leaders stop chasing shadows and tackle reality.

The problem with Nigerians is talking all year round with any action.

The 1-6-3-3-4 approx. = 6-3-3-4 approx. = 9-3-4, we're yet to have a govt that can think out of the box. The only solution remains to liberate Nigeria of dumb / corrupt looters that call themselves leaders. Call it revolution or anything, else disintegrate the particle termed Nigeria

1-6-3-3-4 OR 6-3-3-4

Both are same and Remain same no change. The only missing info: > Nursery education was not emphasized in 6-3-3-4.

Chikena

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