Nigeria is battling with mass failure
and poor academic performance especially from secondary school students who
participate in WAEC and UTME. Quoting Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, Registrar of
JAMB, “1,015,504 candidates registered for University Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) 2014 with only 47 candidates scored 250 points and above
while 108,488 candidates scored between 200 to 249 points out of total score of
400 points”( www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Admissions_and_Matriculation_board, 2014). This poor performance is unacceptable
which in the long run affects National productivity. The current education
system approach has proven faulty in resolving this issue over the years.
It also no
gain saying that young Nigerians attention has drifted towards other things
apart from academics. Being studious in academic is no longer fashionable,
student just find various wrong means to pass without interest in understanding
the course of study. These trends have been enforced over the years with the
advent of electronic media and internet which gives unlimited access to pure
entertainments, sports and lots more. The traditional means of learning in a
rigid classroom is now boring and no longer effective to student that has already
been over-exposed to fun and entertainment. This is a new challenge definitely
needs a new approach to make learning more effective.
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