MINISTER IDENTIFIES REASONS BEHIND MASS FALIURE IN EXAMINATIONS

Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufai

The Nigerian Government has atributed the mass failure in  externat examinations to half-backed teachers, bad teaching methods and poor facility in public schools.
Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufai who stated this in Abuja, said 39 percent of students who sat for the 2012 WAEC examinations obtained credits and above as against 30.9percent in 2011.
She noted that the insignificant rise in percentage shows that the sector is making steady progress and may record major changes by the year 2015.
“Most teachers do not have the required capacity and those that have the capacity may not have undergone any refresher training for quite some time so there is a lot that need to be done”.
State governments and poor teacher education have equally been identified as two major reasons behind the fallen standards of education in Nigeria.
Similarly, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria University Commission (NUC), Julius Okogie said those who teach are those who have searched for other kinds of work without success.
According to Mr Okogie, “those who teach now are those who have no other jobs to do. Some don’t even go to school until the pay day. Except an inspector comes, you wouldn’t find any teacher teaching.”