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50% of pupils in Enugu cannot read – SSG Onyia

OsunDailyBy OsunDailyJanuary 5, 2024No Comments1 Min Read
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The Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, says 50 per cent of pupils in the state can neither read in English nor solve simple mathematics questions.

Onyia disclosed this while delivering a keynote address titled, โ€œSmart Basic Education and the Future of Africaโ€ at the quadrennial convention of the Old Boys Association of Union Secondary School, Awkunanaw, on Thursday in Enugu.

He said the government discovered the shortcoming in its Baseline Assessment of primary schools in the state, conducted in November 2023.

โ€œOur findings were shocking. After six years of primary school, 50 per cent of our children cannot read a single word in English and those who can read struggle with comprehension.

โ€œ50% of our children cannot solve simple subtraction challenges. What we found out in Enugu State is written large across our nationโ€.

He expressed concern that in Nigeria, three out of four children who completed basic education lack numeracy and literacy proficiency.

โ€œThe World Bank, UNICEF, and UNESCO have defined this as โ€˜the Nigerian Learning Crisisโ€™.

โ€œOn top of this, our children suffer a โ€œSkills Gapโ€ because existing modes of teaching do not equip children with scientific, technological, productive, and digital competences,โ€ Onyia added.


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