This issue calls for serious deliberation and attention. In those days when a student fails his or her third term, that students is automatically denied promotion to another new class. But nowadays the case is different, failed students are being promoted to higher classes across the country. even is this present third term it will still happen. Government school teachers are doing it because they feel they can no longer help such students and others should bear the cross. Private schools on the other hand are doing it so as to prevents these students parents from taking them to new schools. Some schools are promoting these students to prove that they are doing great, but all they are doing is simply `social promotion'. Even students are no longer serious with their studies, they don't read anymore because they know that at the end of the term they will still be promoted. Imagine a private school( name with held) promoted a student last year, he took 40 out of 40 to ss3. What is our schools turning into? Some teachers said they are tired to a no- brain situation" that often force them to choose between passing struggling students. Passing them in order not to labeled them as bad teacher or their school name. A teacher was told me she promoted a students last three years ago because she was tired of his stubborness and the boy is always giving her headache. Who should bear the headache? another teacher and when that teacher is tired he or she will push the student to another teacher until the student future is destroyed. These students ends up entering classes that they are not ripe for, not mentally, educationally and academically fits for. It is unfair and I think this issue should be address because our educational sector is going down everyday. Our principals, headmasters, headmistress, proprietors and proprietors even parents and guidance know of it but they are covering them up. Who is to be blamed?