The ecstasy by Arts and Humanities students over the Federal Government’s announcement that Mathematics was no longer compulsory for admission may have been cut short, as the government has made a U-turn, insisting that the subject remains mandatory for admission into tertiary institutions.
In a statement on Sunday, Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade, clarified that English and Mathematics remain compulsory for all O’Level students.
Last Tuesday, the Federal Government had announced that Mathematics would no longer be a mandatory subject for students applying to tertiary institutions to pursue courses in the Arts and Humanities.
Particularly, the Nigerian Government declared that the new policy would affect admission requirements for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and Innovation Enterprise Institutions nationwide.
However, in a statement on Sunday titled ‘English and Mathematics remain compulsory for all O’Level students — FG clarifies streamlined admission requirements’, the Ministry maintained that English and Mathematics remain vital tools for communication, reasoning, and lifelong learning.
The statement reads: “The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that all students must continue to register and sit for English Language and Mathematics in their O-Level examinations.
