The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) spoke with the
stakeholders on the disparity between NECO and the West African Examination
Council (WAEC).
See what they had to say ……………….
The Director Learning Premier Academy, Mr John
Olugbero, applauded NECO for the outstanding performance.
Olugbero said that WAEC and NECO results both had
global recognition and acceptance, but the performance of students depended on
the standard of questions set.
He noted that the standard of WAEC questions might
be too high for the students.
The director urged Nigerians to learn to
appreciate NECO and support it to ensure sustainability and improvement of the
2014 performance.
“As a teacher, WAEC has a global acceptance
likewise NECO, Nigerians should learn to appreciate what we have and avoid
apathy.
“I will like to say Kudos to NECO for this
outstanding result’’.
Olugbero attributed the general drop in
examination performance to lack of inadequacy and over pampering of children by
parents.
He advised that parents should support their
children and give them adequate attention to help improve their performance in
schools.
He, however, charged parents to look inward and
train their wards by helping them with assignments and checking their notes.
Also, Mrs Zainab Dogara, a secondary school
teacher, commended NECO result, and congratulated the council and the students.
Dogara, however, blamed the poor performance of
students on lack of infrastructure in schools.
She said many of the school laboratories in
government schools were dilapidated and empty, adding that some schools even
borrow specimen for practical from other schools.
“There are no libraries in schools, even if there
are no books for the students, science labs all worn out.
“That is why students keep failing woefully in O’
level exams every year, these things need to be tremendously improved upon for
better performances.’’
Similarly, Mr Joshua Ojobo, whose son just
completed secondary school, also appreciated the NECO result, stating that it
would make up for that of WAEC.
Ojobo told NAN that in comparing the two
examination bodies, the standard of questions, marking schemes and conditions
with which they were written were major factors contributing to the
performance.
A NECO official, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN
that the council did their best, the usual curriculum and marking scheme was
followed.
He, however, appreciated the students for their
efforts and performance, expressing optimism that subsequent years would be
better than 2014. (NAN)
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