The Federal Government has introduced a proposal for a 12-year basic education system but has denied claims that it is abolishing Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS).
This clarification was made in a statement on Friday by the Director of Press at the Federal Ministry of Education, Folashade Boriowo.
Boriowo explained that Education Minister Tunji Alausa made the statement during the Extraordinary National Council on Education (NCE) meeting in Abuja on Thursday, where he presented the proposal for discussion, not an immediate policy change.
“The Federal Ministry of Education has noticed misleading reports suggesting that the Federal Government has abolished JSS and SSS, replacing them with a new 12-year continuous basic education model. We want to clearly state that this is not true,” the statement said.
“The proposal is aimed at transitioning to 12 years of compulsory education, while maintaining the existing 6-3-3 structure,” the ministry clarified.
