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 and capacity building of teachers.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr Tyela Ajayi, disclosed this during the opening ceremony of a five-day capacity building training for selected English and Mathematics teachers in senior secondary schools from the North West Zone of Nigeria in Kano.
He said the aim of the training was to build the capacity of teachers of Mathematics and English Language with modern skills to enable them impart the needed knowledge on the students.
Ajayi explained that the aim was also to ensure that they passed the subjects during their final examinations in secondary schools across the nation.
He said that 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 of understanding in such topics. Hence, the persistent poor performance of leaners 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, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Hajiya Kubra Imam, said the capacity building training was very timely.
He maintained that the state government was according much 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 organizing the training.
They pledged to utilize opportunity to achieve the desired goals.
