FG tasked on strategy for quota system in Nigeria’s education

The Federal Government has been urged to evolve an exit strategy for the quota system in the nation’s education sector as part of measures to raise the education standard in the country.

This is contained in a communique issued after a conference organised by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) on Thursday in Abuja.

The communiqué read in part: “Despite its many weaknesses, the quota system policy in Nigeria has achieved some good outcomes in regional distribution of educational opportunities; one of the reasons the quota system has not succeeded as expected is the inability of the primary and secondary schools to produce the right quality of students to feed into the higher education system.

“The carrying capacity of Universities in Nigeria is one of the major hindrances to higher educational attainment,” the forum said in the communique jointly signed by the founding Executive Director of the Centre LSD, Dr. Otive Igbuzor and other partners.

“Governments at all levels, federal, state and local governments, should invest in the development and delivery of high quality primary and secondary education, through enforcement of the universal basic education program, as a means to create a stronger feeder system to connect young people to higher education and bring to effect the intended gains of the quota system.”