The Commissioner for Education, Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Eunice Thomas, has said that nine pupils from the state public primary schools who had distinctions in First School Leaving Certificate examinations, were not able to write their names following a later test conducted on them.
Thomas said the revelation was made when the state governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, had directed all heads of schools to select the best pupils from FSLC examination, one in each of the 31 local government areas of the state to a designated school, where they were re-examined.
Speaking during capacity building workshop for primary school teachers in Uyo Senatorial District on Saturday, Thomas who was represented by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Chrisantus Asuka, said besides the nine, many others could not score 5 per cent in the test.
“We conducted a pre-test and say let’s introduce subjective questions, and not objective questions that one person will stand in the exam hall and just call out A or B to the candidates and they all will shape or thick the correct answer.
“At the end you realise that the child that scores 100 per cent cannot if tested properly score 5 per cent.
“How did we discover this? In 2011, Akpabio directed all heads of schools to take the best pupils from FSLC examinations, one person per local government areas of the state.
“We sent them to school – honestly, out of this number sent, nine were unable to write their names, while many others besides the nine could not score up to 5 per cent in the test,” she said.
(AFP)
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That is what nigeria education is turning into now, both government and private schools but most especially the private schools in our country. Producing fake students who can not correctly recite the 26 alphabets. Those are the dilemma that this country is breeding.
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ReplyDeleteI bin d tink say na only notherners we no sabi book. If dis tin na frm d north,we 4 no hear word at all. All sorth of tins wl b said.
ReplyDeleteThat is to tell us that the educational sector in this country needs a state of emergency! When their teachers don't know, what do you expect them to give the pupils? You can only impart what you know!
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