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Thursday, 23 September 2010

Mr Segun Onilude, scribe of the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) in Badagry, on Wednesday, identified lack of basic textbooks as being among reasons for mass failure in the last NECO examination.

Reacting to the mass failure in English Language and Mathematics in the results of the senior secondary schools examination released by NECO on Monday, Onilude said poor reading culture was also responsible for the result.

According to the UBEB official, most teachers and students are too lazy to give or complete homeworks.

“Prelude to the intervention of Governor Babatunde Fashola in Lagos State, for example, only teachers had textbooks in two subjects and these subjects can not be taught without textbooks.

“Students need textbooks, so that they could do homework and practice whatever they have been taught in school on getting home,” Onilude told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said that teachers in public schools no longer give class work to students, adding that parents, teachers as well as the students, have roles to play to reverse the downward trend.

“In most homes, children who are supposed to be ready for school the next day now spend hours at night watching home videos and crime movies,” he said.

Onilude urged parents to monitor their children’s school work closely, while the government must provide more facilities and training programmes for teachers.[/b]


http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/11460-lack-of-textbooks-causes-mass-failure-in-neco-exams-ubeb-official

I think solution to their failure is what I think the Government should profer instead of blaming it on lack of text books,
Those who got the text books have not got the time to read them, thanks to ps3 games, live premiership, Africa magic plus and co.

Thank God we have a problem and know the root of it.Now,how do we go about solving it?

Una get teachers?tshew!