WAEC: 21,193 Out Of 51,604 Students In Lagos Had Credits In Five Subject

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on
Saturday said 21,193 out of the 51,604
students in the state public schools, who sat
for the 2013 May/June WAEC, had credits in
five subjects. Speaking at a programme to commemorate
the 2,300 days of his administration in Ikeja,
Fashola said that the five subjects included
English Language and Mathematics. According to him, the performance translated
into 41.06 per cent pass rate, adding that it
was an improvement on the 39 per cent
recorded in 2012. Fashola said that the performance showed
that the various government interventions in
education, especially the “Secondary School
EKO Project, paid off.” “If one recalls that we started with a pass rate
of seven per cent in 2007,one will appreciate
how far we have come, to now record an over
41 per cent pass rate. “Similarly, the results of our 2013 JSS
placement examination showed that more
pupils are getting into our secondary schools
as 95,255 candidates passed. “This translates into 96 per cent pass rate and
the number of candidates who passed almost
doubles the 49,316 that we had in 2012. “All of these are indeed good news for us and
it only means that, as far as our children’s
education is concerned, we are heading in the
right direction,” he said. Fashola, however, said that the government
would not rest on its oars, as it would
continue to give attention to schools’
infrastructure and other essentials to improve
performance.The governor appealed to
stakeholders, especially proprietors of private schools, to co-operate with the state
government in delivering qualitative education
in the state. He also urged proprietors to adhere to
approved curricula and uphold other
standards prescribed by government. “I also use this occasion to appeal for the co-
operation of all school proprietors towards
achieving a unified school calendar for our
state. “We expect all our schools, whether
government or privately owned, to open on
the same day and close on the same day. “There are many positive consequences for
these- ranging from transportation, planning,
career development and we hope they will
show understanding and comply,” he said. Fashola said the various sectors of governance
had recorded positive development in the last
100 days. He said his administration, through
support for the police, had been able to keep
crime rate at bay, adding that some criminals
who had terrorised the state had been nabbed. Fashola stated that the judiciary had also been
able to secure landmark judgments for the
state during the period. He listed some of the favourable judgments as
the Supreme Court’s verdict which gave the
control of hotels to the state and the one
ordering the National Population Commission
(NPC) to conduct fresh census in 14 local
government areas. Fashola said the state government had filed
an appeal against the acquittal of former Chief
Security Officer (CSO), to late Gen. Sanni
Abacha, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha, by the
Appeal Court. “We filed an appeal because we place
premium on human lives and that the families
of the victims deserve the right to agitate the
matter at the highest,” he said. Fashola also said over 200 inner city roads
were being constructed across the state and
some roads, including the 7km Ibeshe road in
Ikorodu had been delivered. According to him, the health and
transportation sectors had equally witnessed
positive developments in the last 100 days
with the provision of more health facilities and
additional BRT buses in the state. He therefore restated his administration’s
commitment to delivering more
developmental projects to residents and urged
them to pay their taxes to facilitate this. Present at the occasion were a former
governor of the state, Alhaji Lateef Jakande
and Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu among
others.