THE CRY OF A UNIVERSITY LECTURER!!!* (AND REPLY OF A TEACHER)
"*Dear secondary school teachers and school owners* , please , help the students and the public by ensuring that students in your school write examinations by themselves and merit the grades they brandish on their SSCE results. We are tired of seeing students with A1 in Mathematics but cannot resolve the smallest of fraction. A student with distinctions in Physics and chemistry but knows next to nothing about chemical reactions or energy conversion. I had to ask some year 1 students to look for a tutorial teacher to help them with JS 3 and SS1 mathematics yesterday. The whole 16 of them in my Engineering class with excellent SSCE results are visibly confused at the sight of any arithmetic work. Their last semester performance betrayed the several A1s and B3s on the WAEC they carry about. These students you help to acquire grades they can't defend are usually frustrated in the ivory tower. Save them a voyage of pain and regrets in the future by ensuring they are well tuto