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Nine best FSLC candidates unable to write names – Commissioner

By Etim Ekpimah, Uyo

The Commissioner for Education, Akwa Ibom State, Mrs. Eunice Thomas, has

said that nine pupils from the state public primary schools who had distinctions in First School Leaving Certificate examinations, were not able to write their names following a later test conducted on them.

Thomas said the revelation was made when the state governor, Mr. Godswill
Akpabio, had directed all heads of schools to select the best pupils from FSLC examination, one in each of the 31 local government areas of the state to a designated school, where they were re-examined.

Speaking during capacity building workshop for primary school teachers in Uyo Senatorial District on Saturday, Thomas who was represented by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Chrisantus Asuka, said besides the nine, many others could not score 5 per cent in the test.

“We conducted a pre-test and say let’s introduce subjective questions, and not objective questions that one person will stand in the exam hall and just call out A or B to the candidates and they all will shape or thick the correct answer.

“At the end you realise that the child that scores 100 per cent cannot if tested properly score 5 per cent.

“How did we discover this? In 2011, Akpabio directed all heads of schools to take the best pupils from FSLC examinations, one person per local government areas of the state.

“We sent them to school – honestly, out of this number sent, nine were unable to write their names, while many others besides the nine could not score up to 5 per cent in the test,” she said.