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 ofhotels 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.