Liberia's education minister says she finds it hard to believe that not a single candidate passed this year's university admission exam.

Nearly 25,000 school-leavers failed the test for admission to the University of Liberia, one of two state-run universities.

The students lacked enthusiasm and
did not have a basic grasp of English, a university official told the BBC. Liberia is recovering from a brutal civil war that ended a decade ago.

'Dreams shattered'

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel peace laureate, recently acknowledged that the education system was still "in a mess", and much needed to be done to improve it.

Many schools lack basic education material and teachers are poorly qualified, reports the BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh from the capital, Monrovia.

However, this is the first time that every single student who wrote the exam for a fee of $25 (£16) has failed, our reporter says.

It means that the overcrowded university will not have any new first-year students when it reopens next month for the academic year. Students told him the result was unbelievable and their dreams had been shattered, our reporter adds.

Education Minister Etmonia David-
Tarpeh told the BBC Focus on Africa
programme that she intended to meet university officials to discuss the failure rate.

"I know there are a lot of weaknesses in the schools but for a whole group of people to take exams and every single one of them to fail, I have my doubts about that," Ms David-Tarpeh said. "It's
like mass murder."

Ms David-Tarpeh said she knew some of the students and the schools they attended.

"These are not just schools that will give people grades. I'd really like to see the results of the students," she added.

University spokesman Momodu Getaweh told Focus on Africa that the university stood by its decision, and it would not be swayed by "emotion".

"In English, the mechanics of the language, they didn't know anything about it. So the government has to do something," he said.

"The war has ended 10 years ago now. We have to put that behind us and become realistic."

Source: bbc

Unbelievable!

Give a link to this story...

Naso dem dull for d country reach?

ChigbunduE: Give a link to this story...

m.bbc.co.uk/news/world africa-23843578?post_id=1290909340_10201350522706980

oluswaggz: Naso dem dull for d country reach?

Please I am not good at giving links. Visit the website: www.bbcnews.com/Africa

chai! Why am I feeling like this is an old news

Anyway,9ja still get hope o

Buhahahahaha. I don't even know why I find this funny.

This is really disheartening.

LMAO! Nigerians should go and occupy their universities then.

SMH.
I am so disappointed.
Then, what kind of leaders does that country hope to produce few years from now?
They are leaders of tomorrow, if they cant pass examination then who will occupy leadership seats a decade from now?
This is the kind of country many Nigerian leaders would love to find themselves in....
Where the masses are semi-literates, so they the leaders would lead till their death.
I won't weep!

Vessi: SMH.
I am so disappointed.
Then, what kind of leaders does that country hope to produce few years from now?
They are leaders of tomorrow, if they cant pass examination then who will occupy leadership seats a decade from now?
This is the kind of country many Nigerian leaders would love to find themselves in....
Where the masses are semi-literates, so they the leaders would lead till their date.
I won't weep!

The yearly statistics of WASSCE in Nigeria isn't truly the Real shyte ya know?

Without malpractice, we ain't so far from them. But zero success is too much sha lol

still can't find the story...

The General:

m.bbc.co.uk/news/world africa-23843578?post_id=1290909340_10201350522706980

one word







BAD!

Nomski0: Whoa! Not a single one?

Yes oo

Olastep: one word







BAD!

I agree

oluswaggz: Naso dem dull for d country reach?

I wonder!

The General:

m.bbc.co.uk/news/world africa-23843578?post_id=1290909340_10201350522706980

cant find it

Chineke
No qualified teacher?? That education minister should be sacked or made to resign if she can't handle affairs under her portfolio

My name is Emmanuella when i went to check 2014 waec result all was withheld and i had to pick Mr Andrew number on the net because i heard he help some people to upgrade and release withheld result i called him and gave him my waec center number he said i should check today i just checked it now and the result is released and i made all the papers i thank God for leading me to Mr Andew and if yours is also withheld or you failed you can call him on his number 08152240666

Failed education system.
Typical African.
So sad.

Empty head everywhere.

so nobody today ebola don start for Liberia?
Even their Education is not spared! So they have been having "the Ebola system of Education "
no! I don pity this country!

Seeing this alone Brings Inspiration and Hope to the Nigerian Youth.
The Americans must hear this..

Ebola threat is the beginning of failure

Emmanuellaokafo: My name is Emmanuella when i went to check 2014 waec result all was withheld and i had to pick Mr Andrew number on the net because i heard he help some people to upgrade and release withheld result i called him and gave him my waec center number he said i should check today i just checked it now and the result is released and i made all the papers i thank God for leading me to Mr Andew and if yours is also withheld or you failed you can call him on his number 08152240666

you are also product of failed education.

I have this feeling that their exam is more credible than ours. I can't believe this type of result coming from Nigeria - not because our students are more brilliant academically but we all know what they do in the exam hall that even a dunce may come off with multiple A's. Wasce and Neco in Nigeria is mostly wuruwuru.

Dannylux: LMAO! Nigerians should go and occupy their universities then.

When 9jarians are over qualify.

True talk, but don't you think that their tertiary institution will be a mess.

Last bullet:

The fear of Ebola is the beginning of wisdom.

On the bright side for them is that they obviously don't have miracle centers and thus won't churn out fake graduates like Nigeria.

Emmanuellaokafo: My name is Emmanuella when i went to check 2014 waec result all was withheld and i had to pick Mr Andrew number on the net because i heard he help some people to upgrade and release withheld result i called him and gave him my waec center number he said i should check today i just checked it now and the result is released and i made all the papers i thank God for leading me to Mr Andew and if yours is also withheld or you failed you can call him on his number 08152240666

Bros Na the new format be this? Just dey try sha maga fit still pay

Sad! Sad! Sad!