Principals now to answer for students failure in WAEC and NECO in Kogi state

Started by emezico, Mar 21, 2012, 10:02 PM

emezico

The Governor of Kogi, Capt. Idris Wada, said on Wednesday that school principals would henceforth be held responsible for the poor performance of their students in examinations.

Wada, who disclosed this in Lokoja at the opening of a three-day workshop on the implementation of the new Senior Secondary School curriculum, said that the move was to arrest the poor standard of education in the state.

He said that the government had been embarrassed enough by the mass failure of students in public examinations.

He noted that the students poor performances in WAEC and NECO examinations in the last five years did not justify the government's huge investment in education.

The governor warned the principals and teachers in public schools to sit up or face the wrath of the government, saying that the era of business as usual in the education sector was over.

Wada urged parents and guardians to complement the government's efforts by making sure that their wards reported to school promptly and asked the students to take their studies seriously.

He said that the education sector would soon be reorganised, saying that the re-organisation was to check the lapses of the past with a view to taking the sector to the next level.

According to the governor, NECO will continue to handle the Junior Secondary School Certificate (JSSCE) examination in the state as part of efforts to ensure qualitative education.

The governor explained that the new curriculum was designed to inculcate practical and vocational training in students and explained that the objective was to make the students self-reliant after their secondary education.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Education, Chief Sylvester Onoja, said that the workshop was organised to ensure quality education at the secondary school level.

He thanked the governor for according education top priority since his assumption of office.