Lagos To Ban Unintelligent Students From Public Schools -

Lagos State government has said it
will no longer admit student who
failed to obtain a 60% pass in its
placement examinations into any of
its model colleges and other schools
Commissioner for Education, Mrs.
Olayinka Oladunjoye who disclosed
this over the weekend at an
interactive meeting with Parents
Forum of public secondary schools
in Lagos State explained that the
placement tests are necessary in
order to ensure that lofty standards
are not only maintained but set in
public secondary schools in the
state.
Oladunjoye who was represented by
the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Education, Mrs. Omolara Erogbogbo
urged parents to desist from
approaching teachers and other
people for the placement of their
wards into model colleges and
upgraded schools.
She affirmed that students who
failed to meet the promotion criteria
set out in the state would not be
promoted.
The commissioner urged teachers
and principals of public secondary
schools in the state to adhere
strictly to the promotion criteria and
guideline in the state.
She said for a JSS I student to be
promoted to JSS II, such a student
must obtain an average pass of 50%
including English and Mathematics
in the examination.
According to her, “for a JSS II
student to be promoted to JSS III, he
or she must also obtain a 50%
average pass including English and
Mathematics in his or her
examination while a JSS III student
must obtain credits pass in six
subjects including English and
Mathematics at the Basic Education
Certificate Examinations in order to
be promoted to SS I”.
“An SS I student must also averaged
50% in six subjects including English
and Mathematics in order to be
promoted into SS II class and a SS II
student must similarly obtain 50% in
5 subjects including English and
Mathematics in addition to a 50%
cumulative pass in the screening
tests undertaken in schools”.
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