Federal Government Academy, Suleja
school in Suleja, Nigeria
The Federal Government Academy, formerly known as Suleja Academy, it was founded in 1986 by the Federal Government under the Babangida regime, is a Nigerian secondary school in Suleja. It was established for the education of Nigerian gifted and talented children in fully funded four, then later, six year programs.
In 1982, the Nigerian Federal Government set up a committee to brainstorm on the education of "gifted children". Four years later in 1986, Jubril Aminu, then Minister of Education established the Gifted Education Programme which culminated in what came to be known as Suleja Academy. The objective of setting up the Gifted programme as stated in the Blue Print is to ‘'provide opportunities for exceptionally Gifted children to develop at their own pace in the interest of the nation's economic and technological development.'’ The academy further serves as a center of academic and moral excellence in identifying and nurturing gifted Nigerian children of secondary school age, provide a broad based education that enables the individual to develop his/her cognitive and creative skills and also build strong leadership traits that can impact on society. Facilitate and support the education and skill development of these intellectually high class children in order to harness their full potential for self reliance and socio-economic development of the country.
The selection process for the pioneer students of the academy was carried out over 2 years. The very first students selected were taken from their secondary schools in their first year and placed in 'Gifted centres' in a number of Federal Government secondary schools throughout the country. Their curriculum was very rigorous as they were to complete the three years of junior secondary school in just two years - and attain a minimum standard in the JS 3 exams to continue with the program. The JS 1 students were chosen while in their final year of primary school - mainly those that had the highest Primary 6 exams or Common Entrance scores.
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