Parental advisory: Age 12 best for child to enter secondary school
Parents and private schools told to allow children go through primary six class, a basic requirement, before getting to secondary school.
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Parents and private schools told to allow children go through primary six class, a basic requirement, before getting to secondary school.
They spoke at the opening of the 20th Nigeria International Book Fair holding in Lagos. The theme of the fair is “Awakening the Giant in Women for the Growth of the Book Ecosystem’. x Erelu Bisi Fayemi, the First Lady of Ekiti State, noted that Nigeria features poorly on most global indicators measuring Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE). She said to awaken the ‘giant of women in the book ecosystem,’ “we should encourage girls to read right from an early age, and not just self-empowerment books or romantic novels.” Dr. Ibijoke Sa...