Unity Schools Cut-Off Mark Described As Scandalous

The cut off mark for federal government schools, published by the Ministry of Education is scandalous, according to a Professor at Pan Atlantic University, Professor Austin Nweze.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Nweze stated that the gap between students in Southern and Northern Nigeria in terms of academic performance has been in existence since 1911.
He disclosed that between 1911 and 1915, there were about 570 educated people in the north and 35,000 in the south. A decade later, the numbers in the north had increased to 5,000 while the south had about 200,000 educated people and 100 years after, Mr Nweze said that “the gap has not been breached.”
Mr Nweze who traced the rot in the sector to post-civil war era advised the government to democratise education in Nigeria and avoid ‘regional politics.’
He traced the root of the problem to the primary school level where foundational issues such as writing and reading skills are not taken care of.
“There is a problem there,” he added “we need to really invest.”
In addressing the crisis, he cited Israel, where a recent report revealed that the educational system focuses on the input by teachers instead of the output by students.