BREAKING: Mathematics No Longer Required for Arts Admissions, Says FG

The Federal Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday that senior secondary school students in the arts and humanities in Nigeria will no longer need to demonstrate a mathematical credit in their Senior School Certificate Examination, which is administered by the National Examination Council and the West African Examination Council, in order to be admitted to universities and polytechnics. Like their counterparts in the sciences and social sciences, applicants in the arts and humanities have long been required to earn five credits—including English language and mathematics—in order to be admitted to…