The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) has vowed to address the failure in Mathematics and English Language courses in senior secondary schools through training of teachers.
Its Executive Secretary, Dr. Tyela Ajayi, stated this during the opening of a five-day capacity building training for selected English and Mathematics teachers in senior secondary schools from the Northwest Zone in Kano.
He said the objective of the training was to hone the skills of the teachers to enable them impart the needed knowledge on the students.
Ajayi explained that another objective was to ensure that they passed the subjects during their final examinations in secondary schools across the nation.
He said part of the commission’s mandate was to ensure minimum standard in senior secondary schools, develop a teaching manual for Mathematics and English Language teachers to enhance their methodology/pedagogical skills in the two core subjects.
”There is a ray of challenges that some teachers of Mathematics and English Language have the habit of skipping certain topics just because they cannot teach them.
“Thus making students to lack understanding in such topics. Hence, the persistent poor performance of learners during examinations,” Ajayi noted.
He added that the commission was compelled and dedicated to ensure quality education delivery with best global practices.
The Kano State Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Umar Doguwa, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Hajiya Kubra Imam, said the training was very timely.
He maintained that the state government would accord priority to the educational sector, geared towards having a bright future for the students who are the leaders of tomorrow.
Mrs. Hajara Mahmoud and Malam Tasi’u Auwal, participants of the training from Kano and Jigawa states, applauded the Federal Government for organising the training.
They pledged to utilise the opportunity to achieve the desired goals.