Education: Why South-West and North should be worried

Last week, the 2015 West African Senior School Certificate of Education result was released. The Punch chose to publish the story with an attention-grabbing headline: “Again, South-East leads in the WASSCE performance chart.” The report showed that Abia State dethroned Anambra. The states were ranked according to the percentage that had a minimum of five credits, including in English Language and Mathematics.
But the surprise in the report was that almost like in 2014, no South-West state except Lagos was on the top 10 of the chart. The top 10 states were the five South-East states, four South-South states and Lagos: 1st – Abia (63.94 per cent), 2nd – Anambra (61.18 per cent), 3rd – Edo, 4th – Rivers, 5th – Imo, 6th – Lagos, 7th – Bayelsa, 8th – Delta, 9th – Enugu, and 10th – Ebonyi. Ekiti was 11th; Ondo was 13th; Ogun was 19th; Oyo was 26th; while Osun was 29th. In 2014, the top 10 states were similar: Anambra (65.92 per cent), Abia (58.52 per cent), Edo (57.82 per cent), Bayelsa (52.83 per cent), Rivers (52.78 per cent), Enugu (51.91 per cent), Lagos (45.66 per cent), Imo (40.64 per cent), Delta (40.12 per cent), Kaduna (36.12 per cent). Ebonyi was 11th with 36.05 per cent.

For 2014, the states with the least performance were Northern states: They were Yobe (36th), Zamfara (35th), Jigawa (34th), Gombe (33rd), Katsina (32nd), Kebbi (31st) Bauchi (30th), and Sokoto (29th). In 2013, the result was similar: 28th – Katsina (10.45 per cent), 29th – Adamawa (8.75 per cent), 30th – Jigawa (7.47 per cent), 31st – Sokoto (7.12 per cent), 32nd – Zamfara (6.65 per cent), 33rd – Kebbi (6.30 per cent), 34th – Gombe (5.68 per cent), 35th – Bauchi (5.28 per cent), and 36th – Yobe (4.85 per cent).

Someone from the South-East or South-South could see it as a reason for chest-thumping, but for me, it portends grave danger. Why do I say so? I will explain shortly.
Those who had not been following the trend in education could dismiss this as a flash in the pan. But it is not so. I have followed the trend since the late 1980s. From 1996 when the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, created 36 states out of Nigeria, the three states that have been producing the highest number of applicants in the examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have been Imo, Anambra and Delta.
The Guardian of August 26, 1999, page 31, had some statistics about the 1999 UTME examination. It showed that the six states with the highest number of applications were: Imo (44,274), Delta (36,375), Anambra (34,206), Ogun (33,375), Edo (29,057), and Osun (22,950). Conversely, the states that produced the least number of candidates were all Northern states: Borno (1,572), Katsina (1,054), Taraba (882), Sokoto (782), Kebbi (794), and Yobe (535). The Registrar of JAMB then, Prof. Bello Ahmad Salim, lamented the poor showing of the Northern states, noting that the 65,000 applications from the 19 states of the North were just 20,726 higher than the number of applications from only Imo State. If Imo and Delta states’ applications were combined, that would amount to 80,649 applications: over 15,000 higher than the applications from the 19 states of the North.
In 2007, The Guardian newspaper of June 1, page 3, published the results of the 2007 University Matriculation Examination. The top six states with the highest number of candidates were Imo (93,065), Anambra (64,689), Delta (61,580), Edo (57,754), Akwa Ibom (47,928), and Ogun (47,227). The last six were: Kebbi (4,682), Sokoto (3,925), Taraba (3,832), Zamfara (2,904), Jigawa (2,541), and Yobe (2,516).

For the 2012 results released by JAMB and published by Vanguard of March 31, the top five states were: Imo (123,865), Delta (88,876), Anambra (84,204), Osun (73,935), Oyo (71,272). The least five states were: Jigawa (11,529), Kebbi (7,364), Yobe (6,389), Zamfara (5,713), and Sokoto (5,664).

In the Unity School admission of 2013, the states that got the highest cut-off marks were:
Anambra – Male (139) Female (139)
Imo – Male (138) Female (138)
Enugu – Male (134) Female (134)
Lagos – Male (133) Female (133)
Delta – Male (131) Female (131)
Ogun – Male(131) Female(131)
Abia – Male (130) Female (130).
The states that got the lowest cut-off scores were: Zamfara – Male (four) Female (two); Yobe – Male (two) Female (27); Taraba – Male (three) Female (11); Sokoto – Male (nine) Female (13); Kebbi – Male (nine) Female (20); Bauchi – Male (35) Female (35).

So, for those from the South-West and North who may give the excuse of the South-East and South-South states getting these results by the help of “special centres,” it is a case of trying to hide behind a finger. Instructively, the South-West, which was the first to receive Western education, and was ahead in education, has lost its place in education in Nigeria. Something is killing the interest of the South-West children in education. The six South-West states need to see this as an emergency that transcends party affiliation. This scenario is a source of danger because the South-East and South-West have been counter forces to each other. Whatever feat the South-West produces, the South-East counters it, and vice versa. We can see it in the literary feats of Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, the football feats of Shooting Stars and Rangers, the political feats of Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo, the academic feats of University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), and so on. This healthy rivalry enhances stability, peace and growth in the nation.
But if this downward trend continues, in future, that balancing of forces between the South-West and the South-East will no longer exist. And given that the indigenes of the South-East and the South-South dwell in large numbers in the South-West, a time will come when the South-West could feel angry that the indigenes of the South-East and South-South are taking over positions that the South-West indigenes should occupy in the South-West. This may cause problems as witnessed in the xenophobic attacks in South Africa last year. So, it is in the interest of all that the South-West stage a come-back in education.
The case of the North is scarier. Many commentators keep quiet about this worrisome issue because of political correctness, but only someone who loves you can tell you that you have mouth odour. It is dangerous that there are 10 million youths in the North with no formal education.

http://punchng.com/education-why-south-west-and-north-should-be-worried/

The North believes they are born to rule whether with or without formal education. But we are seing the consequence today.

This year's result shows tremendous improvement from SW states. Though I admit our standard of Education has fallen because most of the state governments ain't investing much in the sector hereby discouraging teachers to perform their duty effectively. It's a wake up call for us in South west and this Is why the latest result released by NECO shows ekiti took the lead. Gradually we will reclaim our spot in Education sector.

wristbangle:
This year's result shows tremendous improvement from SW states. Though I will admit our standard of Education has fallen because most of the state governments ain't investing much in the sector hereby discouraging teachers to perform their duty effectively. It's a wake up call for us in South west and that Is why the latest result released by NECO shows ekiti took 1st position. Gradually we will reclaim our spot in Education.

Don't mind the chap. He's recycling this old news in an attempt to counter the front page one about exam malpractice in Imo. Very insecure fella.

They should not be worried

1.WAEC is not a good measure for literacy

2 Education itself does not equate to success

Every state should try to have good development plan for its citizens....Education is good,but success is paramount

RockHard:


Don't mind the chap. He's recycling this old news in an attempt to counter the front page one about exam malpractice in Imo. Very insecure fella.

Lol no mind am. Why him no show us 2016 statistics na. We all knew 2014 and 2015 belongs to SE in education.

wristbangle:


Lol no mind am. Why him no show us 2016 statistics na. We all knew 2014 and 2015 belongs to SE in education.

so are you saying that there is nothing like malpractice in south west? or is it because we expose ours so as not to have half baked graduates in the near future

hmmmm

explorer250:


so are you saying that there is nothing like malpractice in south west? or is it because we expose ours so as not to have half baked graduates in the near future

Did I mention anything that involves malpractice? Even if we want to discuss that, such ill practice is everywhere but the pendulum swings more in some region and we all know which region falls the major culprit.

wristbangle:
This year's result shows tremendous improvement from SW states. Though I admit our standard of Education has fallen because most of the state governments ain't investing much in the sector hereby discouraging teachers to perform their duty effectively. It's a wake up call for us in South west and this Is why the latest result released by NECO shows ekiti took the lead. Gradually we will reclaim our spot in Education sector.

Who take NECO serious, Ekiti scored first position in NECO 2016 then scored 11th position in WAEC Only God know the deal Fayose struck for the position

Southeast has been leading in Education since 1996


[b]From 1996 when the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, created 36 states out of Nigeria, the three states that have been producing the highest number of applicants in the examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have been Imo, Anambra and Delta.
The Guardian of August 26, 1999, page 31, had some statistics about the 1999 UTME examination. It showed that the six states with the highest number of applications were: Imo (44,274), Delta (36,375), Anambra (34,206), Ogun (33,375), Edo (29,057), and Osun (22,950). Conversely, the states that produced the least number of candidates were all Northern states: Borno (1,572), Katsina (1,054), Taraba (882), Sokoto (782), Kebbi (794), and Yobe (535). The Registrar of JAMB then, Prof. Bello Ahmad Salim, lamented the poor showing of the Northern states, noting that the 65,000 applications from the 19 states of the North were just 20,726 higher than the number of applications from only Imo State. If Imo and Delta states’ applications were combined, that would amount to 80,649 applications: over 15,000 higher than the applications from the 19 states of the North.
In 2007, The Guardian newspaper of June 1, page 3, published the results of the 2007 University Matriculation Examination. The top six states with the highest number of candidates were Imo (93,065), Anambra (64,689), Delta (61,580), Edo (57,754), Akwa Ibom (47,928), and Ogun (47,227). The last six were: Kebbi (4,682), Sokoto (3,925), Taraba (3,832), Zamfara (2,904), Jigawa (2,541), and Yobe (2,516).

For the 2012 results released by JAMB and published by Vanguard of March 31, the top five states were: Imo (123,865), Delta (88,876), Anambra (84,204), Osun (73,935), Oyo (71,272). The least five states were: Jigawa (11,529), Kebbi (7,364), Yobe (6,389), Zamfara (5,713), and Sokoto (5,664).[/b]

post=51169188:

Who take NECO serious, Ekiti scored first position in NECO 2016 then scored 11th position in WAEC Only God know the deal Fayose struck for the position

Southeast has been leading in Education since 1996


[b]From 1996 when the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, created 36 states out of Nigeria, the three states that have been producing the highest number of applicants in the examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have been Imo, Anambra and Delta.
The Guardian of August 26, 1999, page 31, had some statistics about the 1999 UTME examination. It showed that the six states with the highest number of applications were: Imo (44,274), Delta (36,375), Anambra (34,206), Ogun (33,375), Edo (29,057), and Osun (22,950). Conversely, the states that produced the least number of candidates were all Northern states: Borno (1,572), Katsina (1,054), Taraba (882), Sokoto (782), Kebbi (794), and Yobe (535). The Registrar of JAMB then, Prof. Bello Ahmad Salim, lamented the poor showing of the Northern states, noting that the 65,000 applications from the 19 states of the North were just 20,726 higher than the number of applications from only Imo State. If Imo and Delta states’ applications were combined, that would amount to 80,649 applications: over 15,000 higher than the applications from the 19 states of the North.
In 2007, The Guardian newspaper of June 1, page 3, published the results of the 2007 University Matriculation Examination. The top six states with the highest number of candidates were Imo (93,065), Anambra (64,689), Delta (61,580), Edo (57,754), Akwa Ibom (47,928), and Ogun (47,227). The last six were: Kebbi (4,682), Sokoto (3,925), Taraba (3,832), Zamfara (2,904), Jigawa (2,541), and Yobe (2,516).

For the 2012 results released by JAMB and published by Vanguard of March 31, the top five states were: Imo (123,865), Delta (88,876), Anambra (84,204), Osun (73,935), Oyo (71,272). The least five states were: Jigawa (11,529), Kebbi (7,364), Yobe (6,389), Zamfara (5,713), and Sokoto (5,664).[/b]

Relax. U have facts which I am disputing. Yes u are leading since 1996 but it's very difficult to see such records been emulated to your universities has its rare to see a SE insitution among the top 20 in the nation. Sometimes I wonder why such secondary school standards can't be transferred to your state higher institution even if we can't mention that of Federal universities.

Nigeria has never seen the worst of North. Even with this campaign for education, the mind of an average Northern Nigeria youths especially those from NW and NE is filled with only depravities, religion and nothingness.
The government of Northern states also place more premium on Religion.Recently, Jigawa state government promised to construct 90 mosques.

Gradually the afonjas are going back to the dustbin

Afonjas have dull brain hna
They are only good in tarnishing image with lies.
I dumped my ex afonja gal.coz she was dump and nearly brought disgrace to me in public sometime ago wit grammatical blunder..a graduate for dat matter.

But if u aske she would tell how how she smashed waec.
Even back then in the school in my department the 2 genius we had in class were all igbo boys.
But and average hateful afonjarinja will say they are more intelligent.
Yeye!

wristbangle:


Relax. U have facts which I am disputing. Yes u are leading since 1996 but it's very difficult to see such records been emulated to your universities has its rare to see a SE insitution among the top 20 in the nation. Sometimes I wonder why can't such secondary standard can't be transferred to your state higher institution even if we can mention that of Federal universities.

Funny dude you are trying your best to..........

Then it was exam malpractices, now standard of education I guess their WAEC question papers and JAMB it's below standard that's obtainable in WEST and NORTH west is behind in Education, how can you use top institutions to measure regional education growth in Nigeria And you forgot the region with highest percentage performance in WAEC and JAMB get admitted in those institutions have you study unity schools entrance exam performance in Nigeria Southeast students are highly favored in West, North, go and study Kings college Lagos merit list since 90s.

wristbangle:


Relax. U have facts which I am disputing. Yes u are leading since 1996 but it's very difficult to see such records been emulated to your universities has its rare to see a SE insitution among the top 20 in the nation. Sometimes I wonder why can't such secondary standard can't be transferred to your state higher institution even if we can mention that of Federal universities.

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3/5 of the South-East States are in the top 5 and all of them are in the top 10... Not bad, not bad at all . Well done South-East and well done to Ebonyi State in particular for moving up a place.

TundeBricklayer:

Funny dude you are trying your best to..........

Then it was exam malpractices, now standard of education I guess their WAEC question papers and JAMB it's below standard that's obtainable in WEST and NORTH west is behind in Education, how can you use top institutions to measure regional education growth in Nigeria And you forgot the region with highest percentage performance in WAEC and JAMB get admitted in those institutions have you study unity schools entrance exam performance in Nigeria Southeast students are highly favored in West, North, go and study Kings college Lagos merit list since 90s.

U mean all the SE students are more selected in SW universities during admission? lobatan!

@Mrokayokay, recent statistics shows only one SE university among Top 20 in Nigeria

wristbangle:


U mean all even SE students are highly selected in SW universities during admission? lobatan!

@Mrokayokay, recent statistics shows only one SE universities in Top 20

it's hard for you to comprehend Southeast produce highest numbers of students seeking for admission, large number of them are admitted in Nigeria high institutions not just in the east, when states like Imo produced (93,065), Anambra (64,689), Delta (61,580), Edo (57,754), Akwa Ibom (47,928), that performed HIGHER in JAMB than their counterpart in north and west large number of them are favored in federal institutions in west and North, unlike West and North in eastern institutions, Top universities has never been used to measure regional performance in education, no credible board that supervise universities rating in Nigeria

post=51171266:

it's hard for you to comprehend Southeast produce highest numbers of undergraduate large number of them are admitted in Nigeria high institutions not just in the east, when states like Imo produced (93,065), Anambra (64,689), Delta (61,580), Edo (57,754), Akwa Ibom (47,928), that performed HIGHER in JAMB than their counterpart in north and west large number of them are favored in federal institutions in west and North, unlike West and North in eastern institutions, Top universities has never been used to measure regional performance in education, no credible board that supervise universities rating in Nigeria

Do you have statistics to show the number of SE students admitted in SW universities against the number of SW students admitted in SE region?

See whether the statistics favours SE or not, the quality of university education in your region can never meet that of SW. You may have higher number of graduates from your region but the quality of these graduates at labour market is a far cry from what we actually expect.

So tell me why a SW student will go to a region with lesser education quality when the best in the nation is concentrated at SW region. Abi wetin person wan go for Awka university when UI, OAU, FUNAAB, UNILAG, UNILORIN, etc dey here?

^^^^ and yet afonjas cannot produce pencil

Do you have statistics to show the number of SE students admitted in SW universities against the number of SW students admitted in SE region?

See whether the statistics favours SE or not, the quality of university education in your region can never meet that of SW. You may have higher number of graduates from your region but the quality of these graduates at labour market is a far cry from what we actually expect.

So tell me why a SW student will go to a region with lesser education quality when the best in the nation is concentrated at SW region. Abi wetin person wan go for Awka university when UI, OAU, FUNAAB, UNILAG, UNILORIN, etc dey here?

quality indeed!

and on top of that

Anambra children travel to lagos to smack afonjas in the face

shame shame shame

quality indeed!

IPOB123london:
^^^^ and yet afonjas cannot produce pencil


quality indeed!

Yet what the ugu republicans can produce are substandard/fake products.

Can you produce pencil?

wristbangle:


Do you have statistics to show the number of SE students admitted in SW universities against the number of SW students admitted in SE region?

See whether the statistics favours SE or not, the quality of university education in your region can never meet that of SW. You may have higher number of graduates from your region but the quality of these graduates at labour market is a far cry from what we actually expect.

So tell me why a SW student will go to a region with lesser education quality when the best in the nation is concentrated at SW region. Abi wetin person wan go for Awka university when UI, OAU, FUNAAB, UNILAG, UNILORIN, etc dey here?

You see your life so for your mind here in the east western institutions are their first choice my friend don't deviate from main topic easterners are leading in education, you asked for 2016 WAEC, you now jumped into top uni that has no credible body authorized to monitor their performance rating, You think I will swallow your Lagos/Ibadan media propaganda or abi you want use top uni to cover face

Yet what the ugu republicans can produce are substandard/fake products.

Can you produce pencil?

even fake afonaja no fit produce

ehhh make we hear word

abeg ooooo

post=51171855:

You see your life so for your mind here in the east western institutions are their first choice my friend don't deviate from main topic easterners are leading in education, you asked for 2016 WAEC, you now jumped into top uni that has no credible body authorized to monitor their performance rating, You think I will swallow your Lagos/Ibadan media propaganda or abi you want use top uni to cover face

Lol bros, u dey chest beat about ur secondary education performance. Make we yan university level na. Don't deviate too abeg. All na still education.

Lol, I saw someone saying university education in the east is better than that of south west ....it's well sha

wristbangle:


Lol bros, u dey chest beat about ur secondary education performance. Make we yan university level na. Don't deviate too abeg. All na still education.

Foundation is key

wristbangle:


Relax. U have facts which I am disputing. Yes u are leading since 1996 but it's very difficult to see such records been emulated to your universities has its rare to see a SE insitution among the top 20 in the nation. Sometimes I wonder why can't such secondary school standards can't be transferred to your state higher institution even if we can't mention that of Federal universities.

Yes, UI is unarguable the best, but it doesn't mean that every UI students are indigine of of Oyo state.

omofunaab:
Lol, I saw someone saying university education in the east is better than that of south west ....it's well sha

Am brother, I don tire 4 these people oo