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Only 10percent of candidates scored credit and above in core subjects

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has recorded another mass failure in the November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE).

The registrar to the examination body, Professor Promise Okpala, made the announcement on Wednesday, while releasing the results at the council headquarters in Minna, Niger state.

The 2011 result that was just released by the council revealed that 10 percent of the 110,724 candidates that sat for the examinations scored credit and above in core subjects like English language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geography.

Okpala said there was improvement in Mathematics as 41 percent of the students scored credit, pass and above, compared to that of last year, which recorded only 17 percent success in the same subject.

“It is troubling that at a time when the nation is facing decay in its moral standard with the rise of militancy, despite religious dedication, only 5 percent scored credit, pass and above in Islamic studies while less than one percent scored credit pass and above in Christian religious studies,” he said.

The results that were presented showed a 40 percent reduction in the number of candidates that sat for the examination in 2011, but the registrar attributed that to the council’s determination towards eradicating malpractices in the conduct of its examination.

For the past five years, the examination body has recorded mass failure.

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Kai! Dis is sad. But I bliv NECO made their marking standards a lot tougher after d mid 2000s. Cos it was never dis bad. I can remember students consoling themselves with their NECO after failing WAEC.

zannie: Kai! Dis is sad. But I bliv NECO made their marking standards a lot tougher after d mid 2000s. Cos it was never dis bad. I can remember students consoling themselves with their NECO after failing WAEC.

exactly,it was my conmsolation wen i did my SSCE

NECO!!

If students are failing NECO, then no hope for WAEC!!

Or maybe student dont read anymore and believe there are several shortcuts to passing exams nowadays. Crash programme, exposed papers, settlement of invigilators, special centres e t c

Social media keeps claiming it's victims

Can we see a plot of pass rates over time?

Also, why is a pass rate of 10% bad?

Were we expecting 90% or something?

You can get even 100% pass rate if you like just by lowering your standards. But then I'm not sure how valuable such an exam would be..

zannie: Kai! Dis is sad. But I bliv NECO made their marking standards a lot tougher after d mid 2000s. Cos it was never dis bad. I can remember students consoling themselves with their NECO after failing WAEC.

radiation:

exactly,it was my conmsolation wen i did my SSCE

Okija_juju: NECO!!

If students are failing NECO, then no hope for WAEC!!

radiation:
na true oon

exactly,it was my conmsolation wen i did my SSCE

yea it use to be but not any more

Exactly!they no longer read!!Its Nollywood films,niger music,chating on 2go Facebook boyfriend and girl friend and all manner!No moral discipline. e

Why won't they fail? When they spend most of their time on 2go, chating rubbish..... Good for them.

And how are we sure 50% or more of the 10% that passed is not based on runs?

What do you expect, with students displaying their academic ability with how many PS III games they have played, latest apps on I-phone, BB, androids etc spends lot of time on FB, Twists, BB and browsing away their time. During our time the only thing we know is Jamb past questions,WAEC past questions, 'A' level past questions. They also believe that they will always be admitted no matter what because of the in flock of the Private institutions.

sexy glow: Exactly!they no longer read!!Its Nollywood films,niger music,chating on 2go Facebook boyfriend and girl friend and all manner!No moral discipline. e

You are sounding just like moi! I can see the anger in your eyes.
@topic: I weep for the system and this generation at large. Its saddening!

Yea, social networking is part of the problem, with ease of internet access. Smh

jethro2: Or maybe student dont read anymore and believe there are several shortcuts to passing exams nowadays. Crash programme, exposed papers, settlement of invigilators, special centres e t c

This is the only explanation. The bigger picture would thus include the fact that these kids elder bros and sisters who diligently attend church and mosques also fervently bribe, cheat, steal and scheme to make money, telling these kids that its ok to buy results, its ok to lie in ur resume, its ok to use ur body to attain ur goals etc. NECO may have failed them in this exam but we have failed in life's test!

Since they have substituted merit for connection in employment and contract in Nigeria public service and govt activities had been politicise to fovour party members only, they should not expect excellency anymore from the student meanwhile merit is not been considered for anything anymore.

Damn!!! 10 percent pass rate. Times have really changed indeed.
I remember 2001 when I wrote WAEC, everyone blanked himself out to the outside world. Countless nights of going through topics from as far back as js 2 up to the present senior secondary class. The believe that exams like WAEC are to be written just once and that's it. The personal believe that it is rather to come fully prepared than believe in cheating materials that may not be authentic.

The outcome, one of the greatest (if not the greatest) result my school ever recorded: eight As and one B. A result that baffled even my oyinbo professor the first time he saw it and I still proved to him once more that it is one result I can defend any day.

With the same zeal and urge, without relenting, I delved into NECO, which wasn't as good but still miles better than many: six As and three Cs.

Teachers, parents and government are equally culpable for the predicament our youth have found themselves in today. Nobody gives a d.amn anymore. Kids are having girlfriends now from a teenage age as young as 14, sending grown men love requests over Facebook, know all the instant messenger on the appstore or blackberry.

Together, Nigerians are destroying their children's future because many believe money can buy success. Well, very soon, the money would even fail them.

Should I talk about the Nigerian graduates? Those ones are even worse and nothing to write home about. One that just came up here around where I live claims he studied Estate Management but he doesn't know what a mortgage is and how market interest rates are derived.

They don't just read and at the end they hope on wrong answers circulated through BBM.

Whaaaaaat!? NECO!!!? Of all things to fail. . . N.E.C.O!!!
Wetin dem go now come do for WAEC, which is undoubtedly tougher!?

Hmmmm .. This is a very big problem that needs immediate solution!!! Students are in trouble. if u fail NECO there no hope in ur WACE result. Good Lord save your children. Facebook n BB ping!!! has ruin many students, they don't read anymore. They believe in cheats n bribing invigilators.

Its time Government consider scrapping NECO. they are just not worth being a national body because it is only breeding a million of discouraged young youth into tout(Boko).
In what way has NECO being a national body helped Nigerias Education?[b][/b]

zannie: Kai! Dis is sad. But I bliv NECO made their marking standards a lot tougher after d mid 2000s. Cos it was never dis bad. I can remember students consoling themselves with their NECO after failing WAEC.

True!!!

It is not only NECO also WAEC! Let the truth be said, these are the products of mass proliferation of business centers masqurading as private schools. I knew it will come to this a generation wasted cos check it out education is now commercialized and no student is poor nor repeats cos profit must be made and parents decieved. It is a pity d other day it was a mass failure by 2:1 and 1st class graduates for NNPC recruitment!!!

Bandit C.:
Damn!!! 10 percent pass rate. Times have really changed indeed.
I remember 2001 when I wrote WAEC, everyone blanked himself out to the outside world. Countless nights of going through topics from as far back as js 2 up to the present senior secondary class. The believe that exams like WAEC are to be written just once and that's it. The personal believe that it is rather to come fully prepared than believe in cheating materials that may not be authentic.

The outcome, one of the greatest (if not the greatest) result my school ever recorded: eight As and one B. A result that baffled even my oyinbo professor the first time he saw it and I still proved to him once more that it is one result I can defend any day.

With the same zeal and urge, without relenting, I delved into NECO, which wasn't as good but still miles better than many: six As and three Cs.

Teachers, parents and government are equally culpable for the predicament our youth have found themselves in today. Nobody gives a d.amn anymore. Kids are having girlfriends now from a teenage age as young as 14, sending grown men love requests over Facebook, know all the instant messenger on the appstore or blackberry.

Together, Nigerians are destroying their children's future because many believe money can buy success. Well, very soon, the money would even fail them.

Should I talk about the Nigerian graduates? Those ones are even worse and nothing to write home about. One that just came up here around where I live claims he studied Estate Management but he doesn't know what a mortgage is and how market interest rates are derived.

I could not have said it better! When SSCE was approaching in that same 2001, I was a recluse. No friends, no parties. I am still proud of how well I did any day any time! 8As and a C (in Yoruba, lol). NECO was said to be harder but the grand prize was SSCE.

There was no GSM talk less of Facebook. It must take a determined kid to succeed in this era of connectivity.

sexy glow: Exactly!they no longer read!!Its Nollywood films,niger music,chating on 2go Facebook boyfriend and girl friend and all manner!No moral discipline. e

Ah! You forgot the almighty European football, that even adorns the exercise books they take to school, no more multiplication and linear conversions tables behind anymore. Shame!

The federal govt should scrap NECO