Former Ekiti State Commissioner for
Education, Science and Technology Kehinde Ojo has attributed the 96 per
cent success recorded by the state’s candidates in the National
Examinations Council (NECO) examination to reforms by ex-Governor Kayode
Fayemi.
Ojo, ex-headteacher of Christ’s School,
Ado Ekiti, and former tutor-general, said it was wrong for the
commissioner, Jide Egunjobi, to attribute the latest feat to the Ayo
Fayose administration’s cancellation of free and compulsory education
policy.
He explained that the pupils, who sat
for this year’s NECO, were in JSS1/JSS2 in 2010/2011, and benefited from
the education policies of the Fayemi administration.
Ojo said: “What I need to add is that we
stopped automatic promotion across board, and we made it compulsory
that only pupils with a credit pass in maths and English language could
proceed to certificate classes. This ensured that only pupils, who were
fit to pass, got presented for those exams.
“We should also note that success in
examinations doesn’t happen overnight. This administration came on board
less than two years ago, and if I may ask, what incentives have they
provided in the education sector?
“The analogy we should draw between
performance and the fact that those who took WAEC/NECO this year were in
JSS1/2 in 2010/11 and benefited most from the policy changes that we
implemented.
“They only experienced a full year of
education under Fayose, who came in October 2014. I believe this was the
point Femi Falana made at the Ekiti Panupo Colloquium last week when he
hailed us for the cancellation of miracle centres.”
“This effectively means that the classes that wrote NECO this year are those academically sound.
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