FG sets 12 years as official entry age for junior secondary schools   The Federal Government has officially set the minimum age for admission into Junior Secondary School (JSS1) at 12 years, as part of a new policy framework on non-state schools launched last week by the Federal Ministry of Education. According to Punch, this policy, contained in a newly released document on non-state (private) schools, seeks to standardise the age of entry across nursery, primary, and secondary education in the country. Non-state schools, commonly known as private or independent schools, are institutions...