Many Nigerian graduates can’t read or write — Minister of Education

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried continuous fall in the standard of education in the country.

Adamu, who spoke in Yola, the Adamawa State capital and represented by the Director of Tertiary Education in the Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Rakiya Gambo Iliyasu, lamented a situation in which graduates can’t read or write in a tolerable manner.

The minister elaborated that students and even graduates had been found to be unable to write one full sentence without multiple corrections needing to be made.

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He said the situation was a cause for concern, adding that students and teachers need to sit up and face their tasks squarely if the situation is to be reversed.