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National Education System |
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Education
is the responsibility of the federal government. The national
education Primary
and secondary education are free. The admission age to the
first year of primary
education is six. Students sit for common public examinations
at the end
of primary, lower secondary, upper secondary and sixth form
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The
primary levels covers a period of six years, the lower secondary
three years, followed by two years at the upper secondary
and another two years at the post secondary
level. Tertiary education in both academic and professional
fields are provided
by universities, colleges and other public and private institutions
of higher
learning. Tertiary education consists of two major components
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1. Public
(government funded) institutions of higher learning; for
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public universities,
polytechnics and teacher training colleges. |
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2.
Private (private funded) higher educational institutions; for
example, |
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private colleges, private universities colleges and foreign
university |
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branch campuses. |
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