Understanding the Certificate Issue

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1 Constitutional Requirement (#copied)

(d) educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.

The interpretation of section 131 herein above as provided or stated in Section 318 of the 1999 Constitution as amended is herein below :

(d) educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.

(c) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent and -

2. Problem of Unissued Certificates

Typical of the rot after independence Nigeria began to cut corners from plain inefficiency. Attached are sample High school certificates in saner clones that the Katsina Provincial College (renamed to Govt College Katsina) should have issued to Buhari upon graduation. Notice that it is a certificate without grades.

3. Photo Evidence

that he went to school and his classmates can attest he graduated or left in the final semester of class 5.

4. Statement of result
Buhari statement of result (excluding his picture accommodation) is the typical statement everyone receives upon graduation from secondary school in the past even to the present. Original WAEC CERTIFICATES are never issued on time and you are told to collect it from the ministry. Note that Buhari’s certificate is issued by the ministry of education if you are unfortunate to miss the issuance before you leave the school before the final day. In some cases it is based on your last class exams. Even if you lost your old WAEC result this will be what you will get from your school through the ministry.

5. WAEC certificate

Most class five students take their final school subject exams and obtain results that are graded like the WAEC. These exams are separate from WAEC, GCE and JAMB examinations. So the grades obtained there can technically be different from your school statement of results.

Summary

In summation. WAEC, JAMB and GCE are subject academic aptitude test.

Employers should make the distinction about whether the need a secondary school certificate or an aptitude test like JAMB

For admission to university or academic institutions obviously you need both for admission consideration.

Recruiters should also determine and have the discretion to ask for both or just accept the school certificate and use their own aptitude testing to determine suitability. In Buhari’s case he met the physical and conduct requirements, for other the needed both, each life and admission decision is unique.

By Terhemba Osuji








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