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Tuesday 21 September 2010

Mass Failure in Neco Exams again...

THE National Examination Council (NECO), on Monday, released the results of the June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), which showed another poor performance by candidates that sat for the examination.

While a total of 1,143, 169 candidates registered for the examination, 1,132,357 actually sat for the examination.

A breakdown of the results showed that only 244,456 candidates passed English Language at credit level  while 279,974 passed Mathematics.

Forty-three per cent of the number of candidates that sat for the examination passed at credit level in Biology, just as 29.49 per cent attained the same level in Physics and 36.18 per cent in Chemistry.

The analysis also showed that apart from Financial Accounting and Music, in which 40 per cent of the candidates recorded credit level passes, credit passes in other subjects were below 40 per cent.

The implication of the results, according to education experts, is that by virtue of the results released, over 60 per cent of the 1,132,357 candidates that sat for the examination would not gain admission to any Nigerian university.

Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Professor Promise Okpala, who announced the release of the results but declined to give a summary of the outcome, described the results as fair, but said it was not the responsibility of the body to determine candidates that would gain admission into universities.

Okpala said that the level of malpractices had also reduced as only 615,010 cases were recorded, adding that Ekiti, Rivers, Kaduna, Enugu and Nasarawa states topped the list.

The registrar advised candidates that sat for the examination to check their results on the examination body’s website, using the scratch card and examination numbers used for registration and the examination.

Source: Tribune Newspaper

3 comments:

  1. this is a proof that we have no educational system.
    too bad... an A now is not like those of before. too bad. SMH

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  2. we do have an education system but the truth is that most Nigerian kids who take NECO are simply not academically clever enough; too often we concentrate on the negatives and overlook the fact that there are students who do pass NECO; no matter how hard these kids knuckle down, they will simply not be able to pass exams. I think we should have an education system whereby children who lack academic capability should be nurtured in other areas where they might shine, for example vocation courses such as carpentry or electronic engineering. By encouraging children to shine in areas that best reflect their ability, we will be able to creat a vibrant, enterprising nation of young people.

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