dre11:


https://leadership.ng/uproar-in-senate-as-benue-ministerial-nominee-says-he-started-primary-school-at-age-4/

What do you expect...when Tinubu has set an example

erniok:

Between 82 and 83. I think it was implemented immediately. I was born in the 80's and made use of the 6334.

Do not argue what you are not sure of.

If I am not mistaken, 6334 was introduced by Prof Babs Fafunwa as education minister under IBB.

There was no 6334 from 82 and 83.

People who entered secondary school in 82 ended up at form 5 in 87.

Do not argue what you are not sure of.

How am I going to defend mine now, that I started at age 2..
Spent a year in creche
Another year in nursery one and double promoted to primary one,
Wrote common entrance at pry 4.

In summary, I left pry sch at age 8

UncleDS:
I did at 3 in the late 70s, it was possible especially if your aunt or mother was a teacher

People who know nothing will argue with you.

Diligent1:
I started school at the age of 4 and I was born in the 80s, He might be right.

Early, mid or late 80's?

dre11:


https://leadership.ng/uproar-in-senate-as-benue-ministerial-nominee-says-he-started-primary-school-at-age-4/

I am checking and no one has even made known the fact that this man is even a professor 🤔🤔🤔

Eyinola1:
What's uproar abt that? I started my primary school at the age of 4 too, finished secondary school at d age of 16

Don't mind these kids that full Nairaland. I don't know what is strange about it.

davidtemi:

God bless u bro, cos I am watching it live
3yo not 4yo abeg

If he said three years I doubt it, but 4 years is not strange

teejoyz:
I actually started pry sch at 4 in 1990.

Primary 1 to 6, OR primary 1 to 5
Which of the types of Primary school?

Lingudy:

Nop, he didn't start school at age 4 but he said primary school!

Is it strange to start primary 1 at 4 years?

Na madness de worry dem. I started at 4 years too and left at 9 for secondary. Now its unheard off I guess. 11 years olds are still in primary going to secondary.

sketcherJ:
Hmmn am I the only one not getting it? He can’t start his primary school at the age of 4? Or maybe it was rare in the 80s?

The tale of you can’t start school unless your hand can touch the other hair or something? Lol

Kenosky1:
OKAY. He must have been a genius.

True, " Jasper", as he was fondly called, was the best graduating Civil Engineering student during his set.

DiamondPant:

Don't mind them.
I started primary school at age 4 and completed my secondary school at age 16.
I don't see anything "uproar-worthy" in that.
It's either the senators are just being mischievous or they are plainly ignorant.
Either way, let the Prof breathe!

I watched the screening and I can confirm to you that the prof. did not sound smart enough for a prof. Utmost respect for him. No disrespect. But, you know the senate for what it is. They could be very intimidating. He was sluggish and that was why Akpabio was kind enough to invite senator Abba Morro from his state to defending by jokingly saying" senator Morro, maybe you too finished primary school at the age of 9".

bigtt76:
Na madness de worry dem. I started at 4 years too and left at 9 for secondary. Now its unheard off I guess. 11 years olds are still in primary going to secondary.

It is even more common now than at your time.
Children are leaving schools now at ridiculous ages now.

Pootle:


no am still investigating ....was your dad a rich man or a pastor in the church

I currently handle on of the greatest musical instruments created by man. It's called PIPE ORGAN.

bigtt76:
Na madness de worry dem. I started at 4 years too and left at 9 for secondary. Now its unheard off I guess. 11 years olds are still in primary going to secondary.

No mind them. Most of the Senators we have in Nigeria are "dullards,", that either started Primary school late or did not attend Primary school at all. A Primary school mate of mine, went to secondary school when he was in Primary 4.

He learnt from his nominee. All of them are CRIMINALS

VinnyBaba:


Goan Ask your Mother or Parents Questions.😕😏

Any child that passes through Normal Educational process
WITHOUT DOUBLE PROMOTION OR SKIPPING CLASS will get to Secondary school @11years old.

I would not come here to announce my DOB but know this, I entered into secondary school in September/October 1997 and by that conclusion I was 10 years that same summer.

So do tell, I suffered from reading difficulties in primary school and was the last in my class to be able to read a few lines comfortably, I know my life's story I struggled through primary school and even secondary education, so banish the idea I was a special student. My parents still can't understand how I managed to pass the entrance exam into what was a highly sought after school.

BigRocky:
Why is everyone here pretending as if is not possible?

I started way earlier

In early 80's ?

Prof. Utsev just these politicians look brilliant. The Nigerian Senate on the otherhand were just so in a hurry to tell these folks to take a bow and leave. Make I they look

What is wrong with that.
I started primary school at 4.
Most kids are in school by one these days.

Don't mind him...he thought the 80s was the colonial days...the 1930s...if we are to check his dob, he may be a GenZ.

Akaegwu:
I disagree with you. I was born in 1980. Didn't experience this tale's by the moonlight.

Baba be wan impress Senate say em na bright pikin to have started primary school at 4

But it backfired

sketcherJ:
Hmmn am I the only one not getting it? He can’t start his primary school at the age of 4? Or maybe it was rare in the 80s?

The tale of you can’t start school unless your hand can touch the other hair or something? Lol

it's likely to start at 4. Not every school has restrictions. Aside some pupils look like 6 @ age 4. If not for strict restrictions in my primary school I' would start at 3yr old but such restrictions are not present in some other schools in my village but I wasn't aware and too little.

casualobserver:


It is not strange, I started at 4 and entered secondary school at 10. Though many of my classmates were 1 yr ahead of me, I wasn’t the only one in my set who entered secondary school at 10 and therefore started at 4. In fact I know of 2 people who entered secondary school at 9.

In early 80's?

Genius

Pacesetter123:

In early 80's?

Even in the 70s.

Most people from middle class backgrounds go to nursery school at age 2 or 3. Niursery school is 2 years. From there you start primary school. Maybe it wasn’t common in the villages or for children of the poor but it was very normal for children of the middle class especially if your parents were educated. I say that not to be elitist but the people I know that started school at 4 (and like I said I know many) are from middle class backgrounds. The older students in school in those days tended to be children from poorer backgrounds..in those those all of us went to the same schools.

sketcherJ:
Hmmn am I the only one not getting it? He can’t start his primary school at the age of 4? Or maybe it was rare in the 80s?

The tale of you can’t start school unless your hand can touch the other hair or something? Lol

As at 1984, it's not possible. If it's in the 90s, I would have agreed with him

casualobserver:


It is not strange, I started at 4 and entered secondary school at 10. Though many of my classmates were 1 yr ahead of me, I wasn’t the only one in my set who entered secondary school at 10 and therefore started at 4. In fact I know of 2 people who entered secondary school at 9.

Not possible in the 80s. Most schools then were govt/missionary schools and very strict with entry age

phemmyfour:
Not possible in the 80s. Most schools then were govt/missionary schools and very strict with entry age

My friend. I am telling you I started school at 4 in the 70s and entered secondary school at 10 and it was normal and though much rarer there were even a few who were younger than me and you are arguing with me?

casualobserver:



My friend. I am telling you I started school at 4 in the 70s and entered secondary school at 10 and it was normal and though much rarer there were even a few who were younger than me and you are arguing with me?

you are lying, that's why you couldn't name the school

phemmyfour:
you are lying, that's why you couldn't name the school

I am not going to tell you my school. It was normal in the best schools in the SW in the 1970s.

The average age to enter secondary school in the SW was 11, in any set you will find 1 or 2 who were 10. Most start primary school at age 4 or 5 and some leave to secondary school from primary 5, which is why you may find some who entered El secondary school at age 9.

Pick any prominent secondary school in the SW in the 70s there were students who were age 9 or 10 in form 1. How does a 9 or 10 yr old end up on form 1 if not that he/she started primary school at age 4?