Education serves as the primary growth engine for global mobility and human capital development. Yet, the federal government’s recent move to increase registration fees for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations reveals a troubling disconnect between policy formulation and the socioeconomic realities facing ordinary Nigerians.
Although the administration swiftly suspended the planned hike of the secondary school examination fees following fierce public backlash, the mere existen
