THIS Christmas may not be the best period for most candidates who wrote the October/November 2010 West African Senior School Examination (WASCE) as 80 per cent of them failed.
The Head of National Office (HNO) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr Iyi Uwadiae, said at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos that 62,295 (20.04 per cent) of the candidates passed with English language and Mathematics.
According to him, a total of 324,998 candidates registered for the examination out of which 310,077 comprising 168, 835 males and 141,242 females sat for it.
Statistics showed that 250,487 candidates representing 80.78 per cent had two credits and above; 217,161 candidates (70.03 per cent) had three credits and above while 180, 480 (58.20 per cent) had four credits and above.
The results also revealed that 141,167 candidates (45.52 per cent) obtained five credits and above while 99, 750 candidates obtained six credits and above.
According to the HNO, a total of 133,507 candidates obtained credit and above in English language while 151, 569 candidates (48.88 per cent) obtained credit and above in Mathematics.
However, the results of 51,876 candidates, representing 16.73 per cent were being withheld based on various reports of their involvement in examination malpractice.
Commenting on the poor results, which had gone progressively worse in the last three years, Uwadiae attributed it to lack of quality teachers and infrastructure in various schools.
He stated that the results had fluctuated from 23 per cent pass in 2008; 21 per cent in 2009 and 20 per cent in 2010. He called on teachers and students to pay more attention to the use of WAEC syllabus, saying it could go a long way towards improving subsequent results.
Uwadiae said that unless the students, parents and teachers changed from their habit of cheating during examination, more candidates would continue to fail.
He said that 15,567 candidates still had their results being processed because of various anomalies, adding that errors were committed during the registration and actual conduct of the examination.
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Posted: at 24-12-2010 12:48 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero
D students of nowadays no longer take their studies seriously, most parents in the guise of economic survival have neglected their duties on their wards, the Govt inadequate funding of education sectot.........a multi dimensional probs dat calls for urgent solution.
Posted: at 24-12-2010 01:11 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
worlor2008 at 24-12-2010 04:54 PM (14 years ago) (m)
i pity the situation..i think a shame on both party( the children and parents) but wait shouldn't the teachers the hold accountable too cuz theres somethin wrong somewhere.
Posted: at 24-12-2010 04:54 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
do they do teachers training in that country?.almost all the schools are private schools.sum schools you have to pay £1000 every term in nigeria.wat's the point of calling one self a nigerian citizen when there is absolutely nothing to gain.and for those ole politians.they bring their kids abroad to school and careless about the poor masses.from nursery,primary,secondary to higher education is all SCREWED UP!.
Posted: at 24-12-2010 05:18 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
It is the fault of the Teachers, they are not interested in their jobs, and the student are not taught properly. Most teachers are not even qualified, most qualified teachers dont have job, as most colleges employed just any graduate to teach. Our teaching systems should be reevaluated.
Posted: at 24-12-2010 05:39 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
The simple truth is that nigerian education system is dead for long,the stupid government don't even care about it.what do we expect from those kids when the leaders are busy stealing and looting the money needed to develop the education system...na wa oooo naija which way to go!! quite a pity. :'( :'( :'(
The difference between GENIUS and STUPIDITY is that, genius has it limits..
Posted: at 24-12-2010 05:51 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
ksurrina at 24-12-2010 06:03 PM (14 years ago) (f)
Quote from: 1ola on 24-12-2010 05:39 PM
It is the fault of the Teachers, they are not interested in their jobs, and the student are not taught properly. Most teachers are not even qualified, most qualified teachers dont have job, as most colleges employed just any graduate to teach. Our teaching systems should be reevaluated.
It is the same thing that I am saying as well. These teachers strike too much. It is affecting the children. This is the only country that TEACHERS are allow to go on STRIKE. If only people can understand that they work unto GOD who give the job when they PRAY and not until to the LEADERS of the country. Then their lives would be better. These children are suffering because of the ignorance that persons have of the True and Living God. See some of them resort to STEALING which is not of God just because they want to get through. My heart cries for things that I keep coming here to read. The devil claw is so prevalent inside of this country that have so many churches. It is sad indeed!
Godly WISDOM is to Fear God. His UNDERSTANDING is to resist the devil.
Posted: at 24-12-2010 06:03 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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