UNILORIN Don advocates adherence to 6-3-3-4 admission system

Amidst ongoing discussions regarding the minimum entry age of 18 into the nation’s universities, education stakeholders in the country have been urged to ensure adherence to age specifications and durations at each level of education.

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During the 256th inaugural lecture at the University of Ilorin titled “Holding Education Accountable for Resources and Results,” Professor Yunus Adebunmi Fasasi, a professor of Educational Management in the Faculty of Education at the university, emphasized the need for parents and stakeholders to be sensitized about the psycho-emotional and other consequences inherent in allowing double promotion for their wards.

“In accordance with government policy, administrators and supervisors should ensure adherence to age specifications and durations at each level of education. Parents and stakeholders should be sensitized to the psycho-emotional and other consequences inherent in allowing double promotion for their wards.

“Students should be able to cope physically and mentally with all aspects of their education initially, and in the future, with all aspects of life. However, what we’re experiencing today is an inability to contain or cope with the exigencies in our environment because they’re not matured,” the professor said.

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Professor Fasasi, highlighting that the proliferation of educational institutions does not necessarily translate to national development, added that existing government and private educational institutions should be adequately funded to enable them to achieve the nation’s educational objectives.

“Moreover, the government’s establishment of new institutions and licensing the operation of private ones should be done with caution, ensuring that quality requirements for take-off and future expansion of the institutions are guaranteed.”

Professor Fasasi, emphasizing the need for a significant increase in government and private organizations’ budgetary allocations to education, also stressed that educational agencies and supervisors at all levels should ensure prudent management of financial and other resources.

Among other recommendations made by the university professor:

“Carrying capacity should be considered before determining the number of students to be admitted into an institution. Large-size schools and classrooms without corresponding facilities tend to complicate administrative and supervisory duties.

“There should be long-term planning on policies such as the 1955 UPE and 1999 UBE, which could increase the population at the implementation stage and in the future when the students get to a higher level of education. On-the-implementation planning and lack of consideration for future implications of the current educational policies do not augur well for effective supervision.

“Prospective supervisors should be professionally trained, while those already employed should be encouraged to undergo in-service training. Their knowledge and skills must be constantly updated to enable them to cope with a rapidly changing society.

“The Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, has ample facilities for this purpose. Moreover, the National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration in Ondo was specifically established by the Federal Government for this purpose too.

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“Regular internal supervision should be encouraged. This will facilitate the timely correction of errors before it is too late. It will also ease the assignment of external supervisors when they visit educational institutions. Moreover, quality assurance practices have made internal supervision an integral part of whole-school evaluation.

“Proprietors of educational institutions, such as federal and state governments, corporate organizations, and individuals, should provide a safe working environment, regular payment of entitlements, and promotions accompanied by all benefits to all categories of staff.”