MINISTER of Education, Prof. Ruquayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i has stated that the 16,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results that were cancelled was due to corrupt practices and other offences on the part of candidates. She vowed that there would be no sacred cows as the ministry works for the betterment of the education system.
The minister spoke Tuesday in Abuja at the presentation of the Teachers’ Guide for the teaching of the National Values Curriculum (NVC) in Basic Education, which was funded by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
“We shall be resolute in our decisions as there shall be no sacred cows. Nobody, no matter how highly placed will be allowed to get away with the breach of the law or perpetration of corruption and evil in our colleges and tertiary institutions”, she said.
According to the minister, who was represented by Mr. Julius Ameh, the inclusion of the Guide into the numerous literature available in the education sector “was an eloquent testimony of the present administration’s determination to heal the wounds of the past, quickly put the ugly past behind and use the new National Values Curriculum (NVC) to stretch hands of fellowship to aggrieved Nigerians for complete reconciliation.”
She made commitment to use the new curriculum to make significant changes which would expose the Nigerian child to a sustained valued-based curriculum that incorporates ethical issues into academic studies.
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