A school proprietor, Malam Aliyu Badmus, has
called on the National Assembly to make a law
prohibiting parents from enrolling children
under the age of six in schools.
Badmus told newsmen on Sunday in Ilorin that
the falling standard of education in the country
was attributable to premature enrolment of
children in schools.
“We need to scrap enrolment of children below
six years of age in schools because it is
causing poor development of children.
“We have seen examples of university
graduates who find it difficult to write
application letters and biology graduates who
cannot make use of the microscope during
recruitment exercises,” he said.
children
According to him, parents should take care of
children until the age of six before enrolling
them in schools to make learning more
meaningful and result-oriented.
He said that children needed to develop their
abilities before going to school, adding that
early schooling for the underage hampered the
development of such abilities.
Badmus, Proprietor, Iqra Group of Schools,
Ilorin, blamed the falling standard of education
on government’s failure to fund education
properly.
He also blamed the situation on the
proliferation of private schools and corrupt
parents who indoctrinated their children with
corrupt practices from tender ages.
“To remedy the situation, government must
come up with an adequate actionable education
policy, not a policy only on paper.
“Adequate infrastructure must also be provided
in classrooms and for research work,” Badmus
said.
