Education serves as the primary growth engine for global mobility and human capital development. Yet, the federal government’s recent move to increase registration fees for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations reveals a troubling disconnect between policy formulation and the socioeconomic realities facing ordinary Nigerians.
Although the administration swiftly suspended the planned hike of the secondary school examination fees following fierce public backlash, the mere existence of the proposal raises fundamental questions about the government’s approach to basic education. Policy analysts argue that floating such a regressive pricing strategy during a severe cost-of-living crisis indicates a flawed advisory framework that ignores both domestic economic distress and global human capital trends.
“Whoever is advising this administration to take this line of action is an enemy to education,” Stanley Alaubi, senior lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, said.
“My advice to the federal government
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