The Federal Government has announced plans to scrap the policy separating Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) from Senior Secondary Schools (SSS), citing evidence that more than 20 million pupils drop out before progressing to the senior secondary level.
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during the inauguration of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Ministerial Implementation and Monitoring Committee.
Alausa said the policy, which requires junior and senior secondary schools to operate separately under different principals and with separate facilities, has failed to achieve its intended goals.
According to him, findings by the ministry revealed a significant gap between the number of primary schools and junior secondary schools nationwide, contributing to the high dropout rate.
“We have 20 million dropouts from primary school to JSS. Where are those students? We also found we have 80,000 public primary schools and only about 15,000 junior secondary
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