"Mathematics, English Should Not Be Made Compulsory For University Admission" - Gov. Okorocha

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has urged Universities in Nigeria to stop making English and Mathematics subjects they have to pass in order to gain admission into their institutions.

Okorocha expressed the opinion that if relevant bodies do not work towards making this a thing of the past, the Universities to lose out on brilliant students. 

According to him, making these subjects compulsory had frustrated many brilliant students who could, for one reason or the other, not pass the two subjects, out of their ambitions to have higher education.

Leadership reported that the governor made this known when the registrar and chief executive officer of the National Examination Council, (NECO), Prof. Abdulrashid Garba visited him at the Government House Owerri, with his team,

Okorocha says the time has come for all the concerned bodies in the country to help our education and also help students with the ambition of pursuing higher education, by dropping the demand that a child must credit English and Maths to gain admission.

He added that making having a pass park for these subjects mandatory for admission into the university has led a lot of students to indulge in unconventional ways (even illegal once) to get the required credit, while those who did not pass, but are actually brilliant, end up staying home. 

Okorocha also urged education bodies to remain patriotic and show the spirit of sacrifice especially now that the country is going through a trying period and President Mohammadu Buhari is working to fix the country again after what happened in the past few years.