The state of education in Zamfara state has become a source of worry for the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu as only 28 candidates registered for common entrance exam in the state.
The Minister expressed his worry in a statement released in Abuja on Thursday, April 5, 2018, by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Priscillia Ihuoma.
Pleading with Zamfara state government, heads of schools and interest groups to persuade school-age children in the areas with low registration to register, Adamu said he had issued a directive to leave the portal open for registration until April 13.
The release read in part, “Ahead of the 2018 National Common Entrance Examination for admission of candidates into the 104 Federal Government colleges on Saturday, April 14, the minister has expressed worry over low registration for the examination so far.
“According to him, the report of a meeting of major stakeholders in the education sector said candidates registered in 2018 stood at 71,294 as against 80,421 that wrote the examination in 2017.
“The report further shows three states with the highest number of pupils registered so far are: Lagos with 24,465 candidates, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with 7,699 and Rivers State with 4,810 candidates respectively. On the other hand, three states with extreme low registration are Zamfara with only 28 candidates, Kebbi, 50 and Taraba, 95 candidates respectively.”
Only 24 candidates in Zamfara pass NECO in January 2018
This is not the first time Zamfara state is in the news for low participation and poor academic performance.
In January 2018, it was reported that only 24 out of 186 candidates passed NECO in Zamfara state.
Zamfara State records the worst result; only 24 out of the 186 candidates obtained five credits and above, representing 12.90 per cent, Punch reports.
