Education

Kwara records 90% pass in BECE

 

By Damilola Alamu

About 90 per cent of learners of Junior Secondary Schools in Kwara
State passed the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
No fewer than 43,444 candidates sat for 2019 BECE which is slightly
above the figure for the year 2018.
According to statement signed by the Press Secretary, Kwara State
Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Yakub Aliagan,
the performance is higher than the previous years.
In the breakdown, 10 per cent of the students passed with
distinctions, while 80per cent had credits.
The statement said, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Hajia
Maryam Ayodeji Garuba described the performance as satisfactory.
It said the Permanent Secretary during the official presentation,
approval and release of the 2019 BECE results at the Ministry
headquarters recently, noted that Kwara students’ performance in
external examination has been encouraging in recent time.
Hajia Garuba enjoined the candidates to collect free scratch cards
from their various schools to  check their results.
She however warned principals not to charge money for the scratch
cards as that could sabotage government’s efforts in bringing
education to the door step of citizenry, adding that any principal
caught collecting money from students for scratch cards would be dealt
with appropriately.
Earlier, the Director, Curriculum and Assessment, Alhaji Abubakar
Ahmed expressed appreciation to the Permanent Secretary for her
quality leadership which has taken education in the state to greater
heights.
He also commended the consultants, Plat Technologies Limited that
processed the scores for a job well done.
Meanwhile, a call has gone to the state government to employ more
teachers to teach French in schools.
The call was made by the Association of Nigeria Conference of
Principals in Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Baruten Branch, Alh. Musa
Muhammad Yaru, during the three days intensive workshop organised for
French teachers from Kwara North Senatorial District organised by the
state government at Okuta, Baruten local government of the state,
recently.
According to him, the importance of French language in our society
cannot be over emphasised, adding that the programme will enhance
performance of students in their external examination.
Earlier, the representative of Permanent Secretary, Director School
Services, Mr Timothy Ogunwole stressed the need for training and
retraining, most especially, the need to keep  teachers abreast of
pedagogical shift in learning of the 21st century students.

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