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| Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by TayoDemola(m): 1:19am On Oct 26, 2011 |
Why do students keep failing exams conducted by exam bodies such as WAEC,NECO & JAMB? The performance has been poor lately and what do you think is the cause of this mass failure? Is it the fault of the students,teachers or parents? Pls kindly share your experiences. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by TayoDemola(m): 6:33pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Students keep failing,especially English Language. It's really a serious problem for the education sector in Nigeria. I think students should read more and stop wasting away their time on frivolities such as video games,films and so on. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by TayoDemola(m): 2:36am On Oct 27, 2011 |
Students are no longer dedicated to their studies. Some teachers are also not dedicated to teaching. But students should be more dedicated and take it more serious because it's their future. If you fail,you're the one to bear the brunt,not your teacher. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by TayoDemola(m): 12:03am On Aug 18, 2012 |
Every year when WAEC or NECO results are released, it's always poor performance. It's always one case of mass failure or the other. Could it be that all these people who fail actually failed these subjects or is there anything funny going on in these examination bodies? Can we say the exam scripts are properly marked or is there any form of compromise going on? Some students have complained of poor grading by exam bodies such as WAEC and NECO and even JAMB. The issue of mass failure in public examinations is worrisome to everyone but this can be tackled if we know the cause of the problem. We all know that these students are the leaders of tomorrow and if their future is jeopardized, this will ultimately affect the future generation. 2 Likes |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by TayoDemola(m): 12:11am On Aug 18, 2012 |
Could it be that the syllabuses are too voluminous for students to cover or is it that they don't know how to answer exam questions? 1 Like |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by TayoDemola(m): 12:18am On Aug 18, 2012 |
Everyone please feel free to contribute what you think on this issue. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Nobody: 1:41pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
[quote][/quote][font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font] bestads: Dear Nigerians, the reasons for mass failure of our teenagers in public exams are not far fetched. 1 FACEBOOK,YAHOO,TWITTER,MYSPACE and generally browsing on the internet instead of reading their books 2 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE and EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES, it is easy for an average nigerian teenager to know the tha names of all chelsea players but same youths cannot tell you the square root 25 in mathematic. Worse still is that these days instead of seeing inscriptions like UNIVERISTY or SCHOLARS on the exercise books, what you see are pictures of paloma,Drogba,Beyonce,Omotola etc 3 DSTV,Home video and african movie magic, watching television and films endlessly.European champions league,English premiership,Barca,Blues,Chelsea,MANU etc 4 GSM and BLACKBERRY, the average nigerian teenager uses the latest and expensive gsm phones just to show off that they belong,when they are actually nothing. 5 GSM TEXT LANGUAGE, I will not be suprised to see students write words like ur(for YOUR), 2moro( For tomorrow) in their EXAM sheets 6 QUEST FOR CHEAP FAME AND WEALTH, The goverment,electronic media(tv and radio) and companies have not been helpful at all.The average nigerian youth especially the girls want to BE silver Birds most beautiful Girl and get cheap money and fame(Nobody has remembered all the previous miss world,but we still remember MOTHER THERESA),they want to win IDOLS WEST AFRICA, they want to be in NOLLYWOOD, they want to be TWO-FACE,they want to win maltina street dance ,they want to win starquest and GULDER ULTIMATE SEARCH Warning is that wealth gotten by vanity shall DIMINISH. 7 The new craze of TALENT SHOWS: Suddenly The only talents our youths now have are music,dancing,acting and stand up comedies, they no longer have talents for maths,physics and entrepreneurism. Check out the list:MTN PROJECT FAME,BIG BROTHER,STARQUEST,MALTINA DANCE HALL,AMBO,GUILDER,IDOLS WEST AFRICA,PEAK TALENT HUNT ETC…What a bad distraction It is only COWBELL that sponsors national mathematics competition and give scholarships to outstanding students in UME exams 8 EVER BUSY PARENTS, Parents are always in search for money,business and jobs,they live home 5am and come back 10pm leaving their children to the care of house helps and teachers in private schools. THEY have forgotten that out of the 24 hours in a day their children will only spend 8am-2pm(6 hrs) in school and in hands of the teachers the remaining 18hrs is spent in the home(wether sleep or not) .these same ever busy parents can not look into the books of their teenagers,they don't monitor waht the teenagers watch nor who they associate with. 9 WEAK GOVT POLICIES:The people in Govt see all these vanities on tele and radio and they will not nip them in the bud, because they are naïve and corrupt and so the rot continues If you have a contrary view then post it on this forum. 39 Likes |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Dawdy(m): 1:41pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
some of the causes are telvision, Films, Facebook, 2go, phones, BB, Games, Yahoo, football and music. All by technology growth 2 Likes |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Nobody: 1:41pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
I think bestads did justice to this topic earlier this year... Here is the detailed post bestads: Dear Nigerians, the reasons for mass failure of our teenagers in public exams are not far fetched. 1 FACEBOOK,YAHOO,TWITTER,MYSPACE and generally browsing on the internet instead of reading their books 2 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE and EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES, it is easy for an average nigerian teenager to know the tha names of all chelsea players but same youths cannot tell you the square root 25 in mathematic. Worse still is that these days instead of seeing inscriptions like UNIVERISTY or SCHOLARS on the exercise books, what you see are pictures of paloma,Drogba,Beyonce,Omotola etc 3 DSTV,Home video and african movie magic, watching television and films endlessly.European champions league,English premiership,Barca,Blues,Chelsea,MANU etc 4 GSM and BLACKBERRY, the average nigerian teenager uses the latest and expensive gsm phones just to show off that they belong,when they are actually nothing. 5 GSM TEXT LANGUAGE, I will not be suprised to see students write words like ur(for YOUR), 2moro( For tomorrow) in their EXAM sheets 6 QUEST FOR CHEAP FAME AND WEALTH, The goverment,electronic media(tv and radio) and companies have not been helpful at all.The average nigerian youth especially the girls want to BE silver Birds most beautiful Girl and get cheap money and fame(Nobody has remembered all the previous miss world,but we still remember MOTHER THERESA),they want to win IDOLS WEST AFRICA, they want to be in NOLLYWOOD, they want to be TWO-FACE,they want to win maltina street dance ,they want to win starquest and GULDER ULTIMATE SEARCH Warning is that wealth gotten by vanity shall DIMINISH. 7 The new craze of TALENT SHOWS: Suddenly The only talents our youths now have are music,dancing,acting and stand up comedies, they no longer have talents for maths,physics and entrepreneurism. Check out the list:MTN PROJECT FAME,BIG BROTHER,STARQUEST,MALTINA DANCE HALL,AMBO,GUILDER,IDOLS WEST AFRICA,PEAK TALENT HUNT ETC…What a bad distraction It is only COWBELL that sponsors national mathematics competition and give scholarships to outstanding students in UME exams 8 EVER BUSY PARENTS, Parents are always in search for money,business and jobs,they live home 5am and come back 10pm leaving their children to the care of house helps and teachers in private schools. THEY have forgotten that out of the 24 hours in a day their children will only spend 8am-2pm(6 hrs) in school and in hands of the teachers the remaining 18hrs is spent in the home(wether sleep or not) .these same ever busy parents can not look into the books of their teenagers,they don't monitor waht the teenagers watch nor who they associate with. 9 WEAK GOVT POLICIES:The people in Govt see all these vanities on tele and radio and they will not nip them in the bud, because they are naïve and corrupt and so the rot continues If you have a contrary view then post it on this forum.[/quote] 1 Like |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by dmainboss: 1:42pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
Reason is simple. Igbo, skunk, yahoo, yahoo plus, xbox, wizkid, terryG, timaya, premier league, la liga, brazillian hair, bb pinging, project fame, big brother, 2go, hustling. You want more? 1 Like |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by wandeay: 1:43pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
Govt, students, teachers, parents, society govt hav fail to provide what is needed in most school, for example, some pics was pasted on nairaland some weeks ago about d condition of a school in nigeria, most schools are like what we see in d pics, also there are no proper laws nd penalty in d education sector, imagine some teachers that wil not go to class for more than 2 months and notin wl b done about it, infact, d reasons are numerous 1 Like |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Nobody: 1:44pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
ogbeche77: I think bestads did justice to this topic earlier this year... Here is the detailed posthttps://www.nairaland.com/580779/reasons-mass-failure-waecssceneco-jamb |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by knowsir: 1:44pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
Facebook,twitter,PS3,brazilian hair,peruvian hair,indian hair,colombian hair,blackberry,boyfriend,girlfriend,music studio,2go,keeping up with d kardashians,premier league,champions league,Mtv base,afmag,poor infrastructure in schools,lack of good teachers,lack of parental interest,irregular teachers salary,increasing rate of special centres.....with all dese tins how many go pass? 6 Likes |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Freiburger(m): 1:46pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
Student don't take time to read questions properly. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Loveaflame(m): 1:50pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
There are only two things I can allude to this dilema.LAZINESS AND UNSERIOUSNESS.In my days in secondary school,we do massive midnight/weekend reading while preparing for exams.But what do you see today?Students and parents alike looking for expo.Facebook,internet dating,movies,music,careless living are the order of the day.Private schools are not helping matters also.They are the ones buying expo from waec officials to give to their students to boost their image as great schools.That is why we have many graduates who pass through the universities but they can't defend their certificates.Our leaders also have made things worse.Many youth now believe hardwork is a curse.You don't need to study hard to become relevant in the society.Just press some buttons and get connected that is all.Our leaders are the worst models to inpire youth educationally.God save Nigeria. 4 Likes |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by cdamsel(f): 1:54pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
i don't think its d distraction dat make students fail,d white folks which we like 2 compare ourselves wit re even more playful dan a "play play" nig kid.there is time 4 everytin & until we re able 2 strike a bal btw it all mayb we wld c changes.we fail 2 understand dat d learning skill of every child is diff,u can't put slow & fast learners 2gether d slow 1ce wld always get left behind.d edu system shd b looked @. 3 Likes |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by anonimi: 2:07pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
The mass failure may not be unrelated to the diminishing value of education and hard work given that our societal values are more focused on [size=13pt]money, irrespective of how you get it[/size]. There is not much room for meritocracy in the workplace, most people are more focused on connections. Moreover, it is easier to get a fake, bogus certificate and become a politician to RECEIVE the big bucks while your fellow citizens look on and seek the face of God to come to their rescue - fix their schools, health centres, roads, electricity, tap water, police security services etc. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by God2man(m): 2:13pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
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| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by God2man(m): 2:13pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
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| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by 2rutalk1: 2:18pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
The truth of the matter is that students no longer read. It is very surprising how a student can mention the names of players in Europe and their coaches as well as how much these people earn but do not know the name of Nigeria's Senate President. Just visit any newspaper stand in the morning and you will discover that 90% of the people around there are either discussing football or reading sports papers. Again, instead of tapping the benefits of technological advancement through e-learning, Students are busy chating on facebook, 2go, netlog etc. Many students have access to internet but hardly google any academic work other than chating. It is also very rare to see a student using his/her personal money to buy textbooks except the ones bought by his/her parents. But students bet over N5000 during football matches. Teachers on the other hand need to change their pattern of teaching as technology changes every day. Many teachers still use old methods of teaching, which are not at par with current realities. So things are changing everyday and teachers must as a matter of fact change their teaching techniques. For instance, after giving a test to Physics class at Preston University by Prof. Eistern, a graduate assistant who was supervising the exam asked Prof. Eistern "Prof. was this not the same exam you gave to this class last year?" Prof. nodded and said "yes it was the same exam". The graduate assistant summoned up courage and asked Prof. Eistern "How can you give the same questions to the students in a row" He replied " Their answers have changed" Therefore, answers are really changing everyday and Nigerian teachers should not rely on their old method of teaching so as to achieve meaningful result. In conclusion, students don't read again. Not only students, but Africans don't read except when they are writing exams. 1 Like |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Nobody: 2:27pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
RUNS, YAHOO, ARMED ROBBERY |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by rodeo0070(m): 2:29pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
ogbeche77: [font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font] May you and your generation live long and be properous. you've said it all. Quite the main factors responsible for the cause of the aforementioned problem,especially the issue of distractions-social networking, sports on TV, etc. ASIDE FROM THESES FACTORS I THINK STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN HOW TO HANDLE DISTRACTIONS AND USE THE EMERGENCE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. 1 Like |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by agabaI23(m): 2:38pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
TayoDemola: Why do students keep failing exams conducted by exam bodies such as WAEC,NECO & JAMB? The performance has been poor lately and what do you think is the cause of this mass failure? Is it the fault of the students,teachers or parents?Share your experiences. Can you give us a concrete statistics of the period before now so that we can compare favourably? It is necessary to know what obtains before the period under review. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by idris4r83(m): 2:54pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
ogbeche77: [font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]U have said it all. |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by SlyIg(f): 3:00pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
The worst is yet to come in Waec and other exams for the computer age children. No be prayer o abeg ... 1 Like |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Whobedatte(m): 3:00pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
ogbeche77: I think bestads did justice to this topic earlier this year... Here is the detailed postmesmerizing , spellbinding ...u've said it all . Academics /education is not duly rewarded again thats why everybody wants to sing, dance, even without the talents.. The mainstay of economic growth which is education is in a state of comatose ..why would they strive 4 excellence when we celebrate mediocrity? |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Whobedatte(m): 3:01pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
ogbeche77: I think bestads did justice to this topic earlier this year... Here is the detailed post |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by juman(m): 3:05pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
One nigeria |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by kensandrea: 3:07pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
[size=15pt]@ OP U RE WRONG @ ALL UR POST[/size] [size=20pt]THEY ARE NO CAUSES U AND I ARE THE CAUSE[/size] [size=30pt]SO SIMPLE THE STATE OF MIND ITS EVRYTHING[/size] |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by lordZOUGA(m): 3:10pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
Please.. Its the adults.. How do you expect the kids to understand the essence of schooling when the parents or their guardians don't have a clue to what it is either |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by Nobody: 3:12pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
Science and Technology,that is the root cause.From watching telly,to browsing faceboo,twitter,myspace,to chatting on BBM,2go,mozat...You want to start seeing excellent results?We will have to return to the stone age |
| Re: Causes Of Mass-Failure In Public Examinations In Nigeria -By Tayo Demola by tomioro(m): 3:12pm On Aug 18, 2012 |
One of the major reason is the english premier league matches are on from august to may the following year. What time is left to study for students. May God help us in nigeria. |
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