The Senate has directed its Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) to interact with the Minister of Education to identify the causes of the recurring failure in the WASSEC results with a view to finding remedies. WASSEC candidate the resolution followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Sen. Umaru Kurf (Katsina Central), who described the recurring mass failure of West African Examinations Council (WASSEC) results in the country since 2009 as embarrassing. The Senate expressed worry that the rate of failure continues to increase, saying it was prejudicial to the interest of Nigerian secondary school students and their parents. According to him, in both 2009 and 2010 WASSEC, only 25.99 and 24.94 per cent respectively passed with 5 credits including Mathematics and English, while the remaining 70 per cent constituting others failed. "In 2011 May / June WASSEC, only 86,612 out of the 1,540,250 candidates that participated in the examinations got believes in mathematics and English language. "Also in 2011 May / June WASSEC, only 86,612 out of 1,540,250 candidates that participated in the examinations got credits in Mathematics and English Language. "In 2012 May / June WASSEC, only 649,159 out of 1,672,224 candidates that wrote the examinations which represents 38.81 per cent, just got 5 credits and above including in the core subjects of Mathematics and English language. "WASSEC in 2013, only 29.17 per cent candidates actually passed the Nov / Dec WASSEC examinations while 70 per cent failed. "In both 2017 and 2018 recent January / February private examinations, only 26.01 per cent and 17.13 per cent candidates have passed with 5 credits including Mathematics and English language respectively, while the remaining 70 per cent over candidates failed, 'he said. Kurf regretted that the future of the country would continue to be bleak if urgent action were not taken to address the situation. Contributing, Ph.D. Baram Jibrin said that urgent steps must be taken to find reasons for the failure and remedies. SEN Manuel Paulk said that the situation called for a grave concern, attributing the development to the problem from poor quality of education received at the primary school level. "And it is this same crop of students that will move to the secondary school. Some of them can hardly read or write; without a foundation, there is no way a house can stand. "Those formulating our school curriculum must sit up, if not, we have doomed our future, '' Paulk said. On her part, Ph.D. Biodun Olujimi emphasized the need to evaluate the entire value chain in the education sector, saying, "There is need for revaluation to understand where the missing link. "There is also the need to look at teacher education because we have some teachers who are not properly trained, who do not do research and can not read or write. "So, how can they teach our children well, '' Olujimi said. In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Sarak stressed the need to increase the value of human resources to promote quality education in the country. "I am sure the committee will work assiduously to get to the bottom of this matter and see that it is addressed. "Indeed the education sector need some reforms, '' Said by Saraki
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