The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the automatic promotion of primary five and six pupils to Junior Secondary School (JSS) by Edo Government.
Mr Victor Osehobo, the state APC Assistant Publicity Secretary said this in a statement in Benin on Thursday.
Recall that the government had in October 2020, approved automatic promotion for pupils in primary five and six across the state to JSS class at the end of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Osehobo said that the pupils should have been made to sit for the First School Leaving Certificate (FSCL) examination before their promotion.
“The APC rejects any attempt by the government to manipulate the state educational system, frustrate teachers, parents and guardians by cancelling the 2020 FSLC for primary five and six pupils.
“Specifically, we reject the use of automatic promotion for primary five and six pupils into junior secondary schools in the wake of the nationwide lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic.
“The APC is hereby alerting the people on this, because it will only serve to deprive the 2020 generation of primary five and six pupils of their FSLC,” he said.