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The contribution of Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi to the ongoing issue in Nigeria on the discriminatory barring of our young persons from university admissions is appreciated. UNESCO (of United Nations ), represented by Honourable Abdourahamane Diallo, said "literacy remained a fundamental human right' at https://lnkd.in/epKmbq55 in a meeting Tanco Sununu Dr Yusuf, Honourable Minister of State for Education attended. Yet our 15 year olds are at home banned from gaining admission to the university (including Private Universities that are known to have developed infrastructure and systems for admitting them). Rather, they receive emails continuously that they cannot proceed with their admission, solely due to their age. This is because The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, by implementing the proclamations of the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman San, has given directive to universities (at https://lnkd.in/eTBiFyeE) that admission for Candidates under 16 years (these include 15 years old) that have paid for, prepared and passed the set standardized educational examinations (of WAEC, JAMB UTME, and Post JAMB Screening) will not be granted this year 2024 via JAMB PUBLIC. As a form of data, I, in my microcosm, personally know 13 boys and girls at 15 years old presently suffering age-based admission barring discrimination, despite scoring in JAMB UTME as high as 330, 285, 282, 268, etc over 400 (by these persons personally known to me), up to four A1's, four B's, and one C4 as the only Credit in WAEC, they have even passed Post JAMB Screening Exams. Rather, they watch as other persons that scored lesser than them, in all academic parameters, collect admission letters, while they the 15 years old are discriminated against solely on their age. This is also despite The Minister of State for Education, Tanko Sununu Dr Yusuf, saying that the Tahir Mamman San was misquoted and that the ban is still work-in-progress of the ministry and of the Office of the Senate | National Assembly Nigeria. This is grossly different from the realities where qualified 15-year olds are being deprived of their academic progression. To misdirect the populace, examples of 10, 11, 12 years old are cited: no, those mostly deprived are 15 years old. If this is still work-in-progress as stated by Tanco Sununu Dr Yusuf pronouncement is needed for redirecting JAMB PUBLIC, that The Jamb Registrar redirect varsities to allow the admission of our qualified 15 years old in the country, especially, those usually known to admit these demography. Now quoting Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi "The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination is designed to test the knowledge and preparedness of students for higher education. If a student can pass this exam, it should be a clear indication that they are ready to advance, regardless of their age. Denying young students the opportunity to pursue higher education because of their age is not only unfair but also counterproductive" https://lnkd.in/eVj3XJQY

Yes, finally you’re saying something I can agree with! Thank you Winston for using your platform and unprecedented political acumen for raising it! These spaces shouldn’t exist, they do need to be gone! I have been told by hundreds of learners that as a Māori or Pacific learner in the tertiary education space It can be like a dinner party with the Klu Klux Klan at times. What an extreme but effective analogy! Having given nearly 20years of my career in the tertiary education sector advancing efforts to improve educational outcomes and knowing what I know about the exclusion, micro aggressions and outright racism that Māori and Pacific learners experience that challenges their resilience and impedes their success - I have to say I agree! ‘Special’ spaces for Māori and Pacific learners in tertiary education settings are not ideal because as you allude to, it’s dissapointing when Aotearoa has the kind of skilled worker shortages we have and that the very institutions responsible for that are actually driving talent out in droves. You are right, it’s dissapointing to need these spaces for Māori and Pacific student safety and sanctuary from everywhere else in the institution that will most likely result in an assault on their identity, their worth, their confidence, wisdom, values, culture and yes, their colour. Great to see someone finally using their platform to standup and ask the question why they exist and hold the system and the institutions accountable. How can I help?? 🤔😉💡🤷🏽♀️

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮-𝗢𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝗼𝘅 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺. The petition, submitted on January 17th, by attorney Riki Shapira Rosenberg of IRAC’s legal department demands that the Court order the government to cancel the additional budgeting, which has been recently approved by the Government, for ultra-Orthodox educational institutions and to order the government and the Minister of Education to ensure that those institutions teach the core curriculum. Orly Erez-Likhovski, I𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐂'𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚-𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚-𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚-𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞." The petition claims that the funding of these institutions, while the state continuously ignores that they fail to teach the core curriculum, in violation of the law, results in two-fold discrimination, both against the official educational institutions where the law is enforced, and towards the Ultra Orthodox students where the core curriculum is neglected. Their basic right to equality and education is seriously infringed upon. Furthermore, funding of these institutions is unreasonable given that the regulations that allowed for such funding to even exist in the first place expired in 2019 and that funding has been taking place outside of any regulatory framework. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐂'𝐬 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭! 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐢.𝐦𝐩/𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜.𝐨𝐫𝐠/𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐨𝐮𝐫-𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬-𝐢𝐧-𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!!! #pluralism #israel

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), the central organisation responsible for managing applications to undergraduate university courses in the United Kingdom, has just announced a significant change: the elimination of personal statements. This is a much-needed reform and should be emulated globally. Personal statements have provided an unfair advantage to middle-class students for too long now. They often receive extensive support from advisers, teachers, and parents in crafting and polishing their statements. The reform would certainly improve the chances for applicants from backgrounds lacking a family history of higher education or access to private tutoring. This is a positive step towards greater equity in the university admissions process. #UCAS #UniversityAdmissions #HigherEducation #Equality #UKUniversities

Attention all students, educators, and advocates! Did you know that current funding for IPSE (Inclusive Post-Secondary Education) Grants covers the cost of tuition? This means that students with Intellectual Disabilities in Georgia are responsible for paying additional program fees for their IPSE program at universities. Unlike other college students, IPSE students are already facing unique challenges and barriers to higher education. That's why we're advocating for the same coverage of fees that typical students who receive state sponsored scholarships are given. Education is a basic human right and should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their abilities. It's time to support and invest in our IPSE students and ensure they have the same opportunities for higher education as their peers. Let's work together to make inclusive education a reality for all. #IPSEfundingmatters #EqualOpportunities #InclusiveEducation

Questions still loom regarding the application of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down race-conscious admissions programs at colleges and universities to diversity scholarships offered by those institutions. The word "scholarship" only appears once in the decision, but Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost argues SCOTUS's ruling applies to diversity scholarships and has warned employees will not have qualified immunity if they are sued for their involvement in awarding those scholarships. Ohio University's leadership appears primed to accept Yost's interpretation, putting as much as $450,000 earmarked for student financial assistance in potential peril. All of this information is thanks to hard journalistic work done by student reporters at The Post. Read some of their recent reports here: - https://lnkd.in/eXCyQrRW. - https://lnkd.in/edcbwdYu. - https://lnkd.in/e9WVZSd7.

What can I say about Ohio University? Candidly, The only people who make it worthwhile are its visibly and diligently-audible (♿️ 🕋✡️🏳️🌈 ) diverse students, faculty, and staff; the area could otherwise rest in the shadow of a major highway to somewhere cultured and forward-looking. It was where I faced the most discrimination of my life. Rural America: What an honest introduction to the current state of the world, gained through the time within this habitat. Simply put, OU and Athens should donate more time and energy into convincing brave scholars to come and assist in fixing its civility chasms, though from what energy we placed into change during my time - coupled with the dedication to deletion shown today - it seems a waste of past efforts. OU should pay for the work student leaders do to drag it out of its colonial cave; I believe OU *deliberately* produces social liabilities. My contributions and concerns are well-documented. This is another large step backwards for an institution Ohio could do withOUt. We do not need erasure strategies such as this to turn higher education facilities into state-funded football stadiums and Animal House settings... at best. 🛋 A challenge: Do the work of creating culturally-competent changemakers, without institutional trauma.

Our latest piece in the #conversation is Angela Baeza Levon Blue Thu Pham and Melanie Saward. The Universities Accord promotes Indigenous leadership in higher education aligns with the philosophy aligns with the "nothing about us without us" principle. The Accord offers recommendations for Indigenous voices in policies, programs, funding, and decision-making. But is this enough? #Accord #UniversitiesAustralia #IndigenousEducation #IndigenousRights #UNDRIP