will no longer admit student who
failed to obtain a 60% pass in its
placement examinations into any
of its model colleges and other
schools Commissioner for Education, Mrs.
Olayinka Oladunjoye who
disclosed this over the weekend at
an interactive meeting with
Parents Forum of public secondary
schools in Lagos State explained that the placement tests are
necessary in order to ensure that
lofty standards are not only
maintained but set in public
secondary schools in the state. Oladunjoye who was represented
by the Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education, Mrs.
Omolara Erogbogbo urged parents
to desist from approaching
teachers and other people for the placement of their wards into
model colleges and upgraded
schools. She affirmed that students who
failed to meet the promotion
criteria set out in the state would
not be promoted. The commissioner urged teachers
and principals of public secondary
schools in the state to adhere
strictly to the promotion criteria
and guideline in the state. She said for a JSS I student to be
promoted to JSS II, such a student
must obtain an average pass of 50%
including English and Mathematics
in the examination. According to her, "for a JSS II
student to be promoted to JSS III,
he or she must also obtain a 50%
average pass including English and
Mathematics in his or her
examination while a JSS III student must obtain credits pass
in six subjects including English
and Mathematics at the Basic
Education Certificate
Examinations in order to be
promoted to SS I". "An SS I student must also
averaged 50% in six subjects
including English and Mathematics
in order to be promoted into SS II
class and a SS II student must
similarly obtain 50% in 5 subjects including English and Mathematics
in addition to a 50% cumulative
pass in the screening tests
undertaken in schools.
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