Prof. Tahir Mamman, Nigeria’s Minister of Education, recently announced a policy setting the minimum age for writing the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) at 18 years, starting from 2025. This decision has sparked widespread criticism from education stakeholders, who view it as a regressive step that fails to consider the realities of modern education. The new age limit rather …

Visit any of our institutions of higher learning and you begin to see toddler-undergraduates all over the place! Boys and girls who should still be in SS1 are already preparing to graduate! Merely looking at them testifies to the fact that they lack the much-needed maturity. They may pass through the university but will the university pass through them? At …

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has applauded the drive by the Federal Ministry of Education to get more teachers for government schools in the country. Receiving the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman and his management team paid her a visit in her office at the State House Abuja on Friday, Mrs. Tinubu noted that, as a teacher herself, …

Only candidates who are 18 years and above will be offered admission into tertiary institutions, if the Federal Government has its way. During a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory on Monday, the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman decried the activities of some parent, who were pressuring their underage …

President Bola Tinubu inaugurated his 45-member cabinet on Monday after they were screened by the Senate. Among the ministers-designate is a 69-year-old Professor, Tahir Mamman, who was sworn in as the Minister of Education. In this report, The PUNCH highlights 10 things to know about the minister. 1. Dr Tahir Mamman was born on July 7, 1954. 2. He graduated …