Fant:

Let me lend my voice to this topic.
It is an undenyable fact that most of our students today {even those in tertiary institutions} are generally unserious. They no longer see hard studies as a tool for success in examinations rather, they go for the "easy way."
however, in some cases, these educational cows in the sector contribute to the failure of some of these students.
Let's not forget that every student now wishes to go to the university, and in a situation where the government can not provide educational facilities that can absorb these students into the tertiary institution, what then do you expect- they will do all they could just to frustrate the dreams of these students via the O level result knowing too well that without a good O level result, they would give up on their tertiary dreams for that year and start thinking of how to re-sit.
I had this experience in my days. I don't mean to brag, but the truth is: during my primary and secondary school days, my position has never exceeded 1st, 2nd or 3rd. But when it was time for WAEC, I wrote my heart out but when the result came, all i could get was just 4 credits and without English. This completely frustrated my tertiary potentials for that year.
However, the next year, i came back and showed them the substance i was made of. I cleared everything, having my results nicely decorated with A{s} and B{s} and WAEC could'nt stop me this time.
Lots of my clever friends have also had this experience.
So let's not only blame the students but also the government who knows that if many students happen to pass, the number of students who will be seeking admission will increase beyond their capacity which means a shame to them.

how clever were your classmates?

The mental image you folk have of these kids are people living in middle class homes in an urban setting.
There are hundreds of thousands of these candidates living in rural environments. There are hundreds of thousands of these kids that go straight home from school with little avenue for diversion. And even for those who play games in public saloons, how many of them can have the time or money to spend more than 30 minutes daily playing games?

This whole PS3 and DSTV stuff is just an excuse. The blame should be put squarely on poor parenting and an extremely poor educational system. Distractions are always present, it's how you manage them that matters. See people blaming the premiership, on average how many people spend more than 4 hours in a week watching Premier League matches?

In my secondary school days, i didn't have DSTV or the Internet. I read Novels copiously. I spent at least 30 mins daily reading fiction. My Dad made darn sure i made out enough time for reading. That is what parents are supposed to do!

@Bluetooth I taught for one year during my NYSC in a village secondary school. None of those folks were playing PS2 or watching premiership. They simply went home after school to cook, clean, sell in the market and then sleep. No time for reading, no interest from their parents. The school itself was beyond pathetic. In that year, only ONE SS3 student made credits in both Maths and English. Shebi na PS3 or DSTV cause am?

You people need to realize that there is life outside Lagos.

texazzpete:

The mental image you folk have of these kids are people living in middle class homes in an urban setting.
There are hundreds of thousands of these candidates living in rural environments. There are hundreds of thousands of these kids that go straight home from school with little avenue for diversion. And even for those who play games in public saloons, how many of them can have the time or money to spend more than 30 minutes daily playing games?

This whole PS3 and DSTV stuff is just an excuse. The blame should be put squarely on poor parenting and an extremely poor educational system. Distractions are always present, it's how you manage them that matters. See people blaming the premiership, on average how many people spend more than 4 hours in a week watching Premier League matches?

In my secondary school days, i didn't have DSTV or the Internet. I read Novels copiously. I spent at least 30 mins daily reading fiction. My Dad made darn sure i made out enough time for reading. That is what parents are supposed to do!

@Bluetooth I taught for one year during my NYSC in a village secondary school. None of those folks were playing PS2 or watching premiership. They simply went home after school to cook, clean, sell in the market and then sleep. No time for reading, no interest from their parents. The school itself was beyond pathetic. In that year, only ONE SS3 student made credits in both Maths and English. Shebi na PS3 or DSTV cause am?

You people need to realize that there is life outside Lagos.

texazzpete:

The mental image you folk have of these kids are people living in middle class homes in an urban setting.
There are hundreds of thousands of these candidates living in rural environments. There are hundreds of thousands of these kids that go straight home from school with little avenue for diversion. And even for those who play games in public saloons, how many of them can have the time or money to spend more than 30 minutes daily playing games?

This whole PS3 and DSTV stuff is just an excuse. The blame should be put squarely on poor parenting and an extremely poor educational system. Distractions are always present, it's how you manage them that matters. See people blaming the premiership, on average how many people spend more than 4 hours in a week watching Premier League matches?

In my secondary school days, i didn't have DSTV or the Internet. I read Novels copiously. I spent at least 30 mins daily reading fiction. My Dad made darn sure i made out enough time for reading. That is what parents are supposed to do!

@Bluetooth I taught for one year during my NYSC in a village secondary school. None of those folks were playing PS2 or watching premiership. They simply went home after school to cook, clean, sell in the market and then sleep. No time for reading, no interest from their parents. The school itself was beyond pathetic. In that year, only ONE SS3 student made credits in both Maths and English. Shebi na PS3 or DSTV cause am?

You people need to realize that there is life outside Lagos.

~Bluetooth:

Don't underestimate the present day children,they are worst than those in your time.Poor parenting may be part of the problem but the children have done nothing themselves to improve.If we talked about standard of education,it has always been the same.so if the standard of education and the poor parentng level are still the same between your time and now,why are we having more failure now compare to then ?

~Bluetooth:

Don't underestimate the present day children,they are worst than those in your time.Poor parenting may be part of the problem but the children have done nothing themselves to improve.If we talked about standard of education,it has always been the same shiot.so if the standard of education and the poor parentng level are still the same between your time and now,why are we having more failure now compare to then ?

texazzpete:

No. The standard of education has worsened. At least in the 90s, we never had a situation where NYSC corps members were made into one of the pillars of secondary education. We didn't have this widespread teacher apathy (oftentimes caused by the failure of the Govt to pay their salaries).
We didn't have Pidgin English being the main spoken Language in schools. In fact, up until SS3, i totally sucked at speaking Pidgin.

Also, Parents are supposed to ensure their kids get enough study time. They are supposed to review report cards and step in to correct non-performance.
I even encourage Parents to employ more radical means to get their kids to learn how to speak English properly.

texazzpete:

No. The standard of education has worsened. At least in the 90s, we never had a situation where NYSC corps members were made into one of the pillars of secondary education. We didn't have this widespread teacher apathy (oftentimes caused by the failure of the Govt to pay their salaries).
We didn't have Pidgin English being the main spoken Language in schools. In fact, up until SS3, i totally sucked at speaking Pidgin.

Also, Parents are supposed to ensure their kids get enough study time. They are supposed to review report cards and step in to correct non-performance.
I even encourage Parents to employ more radical means to get their kids to learn how to speak English properly.

I wish i could take a screenshot of my Facebook profile for you, see the terrible grammar some of my acquaintances are using. And more often than not, it's the younger ones that are this poor.

Okay i wrote NECO too
[b]I would not check cause i get i didnt perform well
It doesnt matter to me as i wrote and passed WAEC in Flying Colors
I knew already i would passed WAEC so i didnt even read for NECO[/b]I Didnt wanted to Write NECO but my parents wouldnt agree i had to write anyway
And with my WAEC combined with my JAMB combined with my SAT i had admissions in Nigeria and in Turkey

So Zap NECO it is Useless
There are so many of people like me in my school who had admissions in US but their parents forced to write NECO they didnt read just wrote rubbish like me did -that accounts for the failure though i can guess i got 5 credits cause am giood at school while some of my mates didnt write but they registeres

Mobinga:



Wow!! With this kind of writing skill??
Nigeria is really doomed!!

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-517445.0.html

Mobinga:



Wow!! With this kind of writing skill??
Nigeria is really doomed!!

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-517445.0.html

xterra2:

I knew someone would comment and here you are
Am typing fast on my android tablet am in a Wi-Fi Zone and would soon go out
If you would buy me MTN fastlink or iZap fine or Shut the bleep Up Retard

Anyway,what you said is not relevant to the topic
See how the failure figure is arriveddddd at
not that everybody is like that but um,

If Nigeria is doomed this is a Nigerian Forum and you are Talking to Nigerians then leave the "doomed" people alone and go somewhere else

Gamine:

Maybe the students are just tired of cramming all that stuff
Maybe they actually what to learn something relevant to today's world

We need a new Education system.

MR Money £:

I continue to wonder,  these young boys and girls what do they now think with their  coco yam heads?  Because I remebered
when we were writing WAEC, we faced it as if our life depended on it    

OlowoTee:

these days, there are so many distractions for these young people, and strictly speaking who are we to blame them for the mass failure in WAEC/NECO exams? Distractions in the home, , especially on TV screen we've got Maltina Family Dance Hall, Naija Sings, Great Talent Hunt Show, Who want to be a Millionaire, Project Fame, Peak Talent Show,  West African Idol, Nigeria Idol etc. (all promoting music!) [s]as if music is the only talent that we've got in here!!![/s]. I tell you most of these programs are not helpful,

Sagamite:

Err, bruv, this is what some of them are doing with their time:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-472748.32.html#msg6790000

And writing in that annoying textEnglish.

Kilode?!:

Sign me up to fight against that one.

It annoys me so much, I slap myself whenever I write it.