Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, has
revealed the secrets behind the outstanding
performance of his state’s candidates at the just
released results of the National Examination Council
(NECO, 2016) and earlier results of the West African
Examination Council (WAEC, 2015-2016) in which the
state’s candidates’ performance improved significantly.
An analysis of the NECO result across the 36 states of
the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
released last Friday, indicated that Ekiti state topped all
others with 96.48% Friday candidates coming out
victorious.
Edo state was second with 96.31% while Abia and Kogi
states were jointly third.
Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu
Adelusi, Fayose, who attributed the success to the
immense efforts he has put in supporting education in
the state, said it was a heart warming development,
adding that his administration has so far committed a
total of N411.7m to paying a total of 5,130 core subject
teachers under the new scheme.
Adelusi said the students’ feat was an indication that
efforts of his administration to reposition education in
the state was already yielding results.
He said the governor was particularly happy that no
fewer than 37% of the state candidates that sat for
WAEC in 2016 had minimum of five credits including
English and Mathematics while similar feat was
recorded in 2015.
Comparing the summary of analysis, breakdown as
well as statistics of the state’s results in the last five
years, precisely from 2012 to 2016, Ekiti state
candidates performed significantly better in 2015 and
2016 than in 2012, 2013 and 2014 during which
unimpressive performance was recorded.
Checks obtained from relevant government
establishments shows that Ekiti state came 17th out of
the 36 states of the federation in the 2016 WAEC
results just released recently, representing 53%
success.
In the same vein, the state came out 17th in the 2015
WAEC results, representing 37% success. The state
however came 35th in 2014, 28th in 2013 and 22nd in
2012 respectively.
The percentage of failure recorded range from 75% in
2014,44.55 % in 2013 and 35.75% in 2012.
Whereas, in 2015, when the Fayose-led administration
began to invest in the state’s education, part of which
was the convocation of an Education Summit for all
stakeholders, the percentage of success recorded was
quite impressive.
Also, in the recent WAEC released for 2016, Ekiti placed
11th out of the 36 states, with 8,954 out of its 21,333
candidates obtaining credits in five subjects and above
including English Language and Mathematics.
Adelusi said the state presented a total of 13,690
candidates in 2015, while in 2016, a total of 21,333
candidates were presented, out of which 8,954
recorded more than five credit pass including English
and Mathematics.
“I recall that Mr Fayose was the first Ekiti state
governor to organize an Education Summit in 2003
during his first tenure, the result of which was that the
state ranked 7th in the country and the first in the
South West then”, he continued
“It is however unfortunate that the successive
administrations failed to follow the trend, hence the
failures that greeted such wicked oversight
Adelusi disclosed that part of the strategies employed
by the governor upon being sworn-in for a second
term in October 2014 was to introduce special salary
for teachers that handle core subjects across the state
as well as provided all the required teaching aids in all
schools.
The governor’s spokesperson further disclosed that a
total of N411.7m had so far been committed to paying
a total of 5,130 core subject teachers under the new
scheme.
“Governor Fayose did all of these not only to motivate
the teachers but to also ensure that the type of
students we present for external exams are not half-
baked”, he said.
