The National Examination Council, NECO, yesterday released the results of the June/July Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with less than 30 per cent of the candidates scoring credit passes in English and Mathematics.
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The registrar of NECO, Prof. Promise Okpalla, who announced the results in Minna, said only 265,000 out of 1,160,049 recorded credit pass in English while 299,000 out of 1,156,561 got credit pass in Mathematics.
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Prof. Okpalla revealed that a total of 439,529 candidates were involved in malpractice during the mathematics examination out of which three were jailed for six years.
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The registrar attributed the mass failure to poor teaching and learning proceses, insisting that the process had reduced the confidence of candidates to face external examinations.
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He said that it was not the duty of the council but education decision-makers to improve students’ performance.
Okpalla added that in order to ensure the realization of its mandate, NECO had effected a reliable process of examination administration monitoring and computation of results to arrive at issuance of credible certificates. ?
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The result of the 2011 West African Examination Council-conducted general certificate education, is now a subject of probe by the National Assemblyfollowing the abysmal performance of candidates. As in the NECO result, less than 30 per cent of the Candidates recorded credits passes in the core subjects, including English and mathematics. In addition to the mass failure that has jolted Nigerians, the examination body also released conflicting results to the candidates.
Meanwhile, the vice chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Prof. Sidi Osho has said that what Nigeria needs is the 21st century? are modern universities to serve as reference points in terms of planning, environment, aesthetic of structures, furniture, teaching aids and quality education.
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She stated this yesterday during the inauguration of the newly elected national executive members of the association of Nigerian students where she delivered an acceptance speech by the founder of the university, Aare Afe Babalola and a response address on the NAN’s inauguration and pronouncement on ABUAD.
Prof. Osho, whose university was selected ‘as the most progressive, dynamic and fastest growing academic institution in Nigeria’, after an inspection of the 47 private universities in Nigeria, said education needs to be scrutinized in all spheres for better delivery.
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She revealed that some of the challenges militating against the sector include cultism, frequent in the educational system , poor remuneration for teachers, and inadequate infrastructure for learning .
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She congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan for looking into the private sector which she said is doing quite well as statistics and documentations have shown that the government cannot do it alone and also solicited that they should further be encouraged. She further called on stability in the delivery of school curriculum at all levels which academic calendar should be followed to the letter.
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In his speech, Babalola congratulated NANS for having come this far in its activities and struggles by saying ‘I remain an unrepentant crusader for the involvement of youths in developmental programmes embarked upon by the federal and state governments.”
He said the verdict which was passed upon the university by? concerning the institution ‘is in conformity with the views of all those who had visited ABUAD including NUC teams, ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, president? of ICPC, army generals and distinguished professors from far and wide.