Abuja, Nigeria – The Federal Government launches Learner Identification Number (LIN) for primary pupils nationwide to monitor academic journeys, boost transition rates from basic to senior secondary education, and address massive dropouts plaguing over 23 million public primary students.
Okay News quotes Education Minister Tunji Alausa highlighting stark gaps: “Over 50,000 public primary schools with 23 million pupils, but only 3 million advance to public junior secondary—where do the 20 million go?” LIN provides unique lifelong tracking regardless of school transfers, flagging absences like expected JSS1 students missing to pinpoint dropout causes.
Common entrance exams phase out in favor of Continuous Assessment (CA) from Primary 1, portable across schools for seamless performance evaluation, aiming higher completion amid access shortages prompting governors’ forum push for more facilities.
Revived school feeding program shifts from Humanitarian Affairs to Education Ministry for direct oversight, luring pupils back to public schools while tackling private sector absorption myths and infrastructure deficits.
With Nigeria’s youth bulge demanding urgent fixes, LIN and CA promise data-driven interventions to retain 20 million lost learners, build completion pipelines, and forge skilled workforce amid governors’ school construction pledges.
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