The Committee on Education, Science and Technology of the Lagos State House of Assembly has requested that the Lagos State Examination Board to provide the analysis carried out on the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from 2010-2012.
The request came as a result of reports reaching the members from their constituencies and a meeting with the board’s management on Friday at the Lateef Jakande auditorium of the Assembly Complex.
The Chairman, Mrs Wahab Alawiye-King, told the management that ”Report reaching us is that often times there are mix-up in students’ results; students who did not register for some subjects get results and the ones that registered don’t get any; they usually have ‘AB’ against their names which means -Absent.”
Another member of the committee, Mrs Adebimpe Akinsola, said she witnessed such errors by the board as a teacher.
“My students experienced it when I was teaching French in both junior and senior secondary schools before I became an Honourable member, and this is a very terrible thing. It has been on for so long and something has to be done about it,” she said.
The Vice Chairman of the committee, Mrs Gbolahan Yishawu pointed out that ”after the exams an extensive analysis should be done to assist the board plan and manage the coming year’s exam.”
In his response, a top management staff of the Board, Mr. A.O. Hassan said the board has improved this year compared to the past.
