Niger Assembly to investigate non-release of NECO results of 30,000 students
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The Niger House of Assembly has mandated the House Committee on Education and Legislative Compliance to investigate the non-release of 2019/2020 National Examinations Council (NECO) results of more than 30,000 students in the state.
The directive was sequel to the motion raised under matters of urgent public importance by Mr Malik Madaki and seconded by Shaba Gbara, both representing Bosso and Mokwa constituencies respectively.
Speaker of the assembly, Mr Abdullahi Bawa, while reading the resolution, said that the committee on education and legislative compliance should investigate the matter and report back to the house within one week.
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CXC leaving no CAPE, CSEC students behind
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THE Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is doing its best to ensure that no student is left behind when it comes to writing this year s CAPE and CSEC examinations. CXC Registrar and CEO Dr Wayne Wesley gave that assurance during a virtual news conference on Monday.
Earlier in the conference, Bahamas education minister and chairman of Caricom s Council of Human and Social Development Jeffrey Lloyd said, The council agreed that CXC should administer the CAPE and CSEC examinations in their original format. The exams are best scheduled in June to July, with results being available to the ministers of education in last weeks of September.
The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has noted with sadness at the reduction in the pass rate of candidates who obtained school certificates in 2020 estimated at 63.93 percent (%) compared to 65.32% in 2019.
ZANEC Executive Director, George Hamusunga says it is further saddening that the last performance in the 2020 examinations was in Science which recorded a mean score of 24.19%.
Mr. Hamusunga notes that despite the country’s emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), the low performance in Science has been a common trend.
He says to this effect there is need to invest more in Science related education inputs including the recruitment of more teachers for STEM subjects, procurement of teaching and learning materials as well as providing science laboratory equipment.
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