Learn Africa has reiterated its commitment to the human capital development of the country through the provision of materials that are unique in terms of contents adequacy, full compliance with current curricula and production quality.
Consequently, the firm has extended its congratulatory message to the National Examinations Council (NECO) and the candidates that sat for the June/July 2015 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) on the remarkable improvement in the results when compared with the previous examinations between 2011 and 2014.
The candidates recorded 83.28 percent credit pass in English Language and 80.74 percent got credit pass in Mathematics.
Segun Oladipo, managing director observe that the Council has stepped up its campaign against malpractices by cancelling the results of those candidates with established cases, withholding the results of candidates from schools that defaulted, banning centers and schools that aided cheating and blacklisting ad-hoc staff that betrayed the trust that was reposed in them.
“We feel confident that these actions will deter others who might want to engage in cheating and sensitize them on the need for hard-work, determination, honesty and perseverance in their bids to achieve academic excellence”, he said in a statement.
He also commended is the ability of NECO to sustain its timely release of results in less than 60 days from the date the examinations were written.
Oladipo disclosed that the firm has concluded preparations for this year’s edition of the Learn Africa-NECO Excellence Awards to recognize and honour distinguished NECO candidates, schools and teachers in all states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
He appealed for a significant increase in the funds allocated to the educational sector in order to deal with glaring deficiencies in infrastructural facilities, access to high quality instructional materials and teacher training.
“We are optimistic that the provision of a good learning environment, attractive remuneration for teachers among other efforts would help in preparing students for great success in examinations and other future endeavours. We must all rise up to the challenge of raising good citizens that can do us proud globally and contribute their quotas to the continuous growth and prosperity of our great country”, he said.
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