{"id":20790,"date":"2013-12-13T11:55:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T10:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=20790"},"modified":"2013-12-13T11:55:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T10:55:39","slug":"education-in-akwa-ibom-state-in-shambles-as-student-write-exams-under-leaked-roofs-and-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/education-in-akwa-ibom-state-in-shambles-as-student-write-exams-under-leaked-roofs-and-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"Education In Akwa Ibom State In Shambles, As Student Write Exams Under Leaked Roofs and Rains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students of Edu Secondary School in Ikot Edeghe Mkpat Enin local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have decried the suffering they are passing through over what they called \u201ccursed educational system in the state\u201d.\u00a0 The students who came out of the terminal exams absolutely wet and drained complained bitterly of the neglect of the school, perforated roofs and poor management for more than ten six years.<\/p>\n

One of the SS2 students currently writing terminal exams who gave her\u00a0 name as Ima said this had been their fate since she started this school five years ago. She said most of the students failed the West African School Certificate (WAEC) exams woefully as a result of perennial leakage of the school roofs during exams, neglect; as they battle with the rains during classes and exams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how the past students sat and wrote their WAEC examinations as most of them got F9 and mere pass grade and very few of them manage to have credit in few subjects. I and a few friends of mine have vowed not to take our final exams in this school if there\u2019s not hope for any change.\u00a0 We have already told our parents this; and they\u2019re making arrangement for us to move to another school. I know it is going to be expensive, but we are not going to bother about since our parents have accepted it.\u2019\u2019 Ima cried.<\/p>\n

Our correspondent met with one of the ex-students, Master Imo Udo, who came to collect his WAEC and NECO results. He initially refused to speak to us but later granted us audience.\u00a0\u00a0 Master Udoh said he had already predicted the poor outcome of the results because the science laboratory has been abandoned due to lack of facilities and leaked roofs. He called on the government to do something urgently about the school. He expressed surprise that, no change has been made to the school since last year, even with the
\nDeputy Governor, Lady Valerie Ebe who is from that very village.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pray\u00a0 that government of Akwa Ibom State would come and\u00a0 renovate this school. Why are we shouting \u2018free and compulsory education\u2019 every day when schools are in deplorable condition in our state? What baffles me the more is that, the new deputy governor, Mrs. Valerie Ebe is from this very village. I wonder if she is not aware of the rot in this school!<\/p>\n

Effort to speak to the Principal, Mr. Joseph Ukpe did not yield any dividends as he was said to have travelled to Uyo for the All Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) meeting.<\/p>\n

A little dram, however, surfaced when the reporters\u00a0 decided to take pictures of the schools and students who were writing a exams in the waterlogged classes and were sternly warned not to do so by an unnamed staff, else they\u00a0 would have their\u00a0 camera confiscated. But an ex-students decided to\u00a0 do justice by using his camera phone\u00a0 to take\u00a0 some pictures.<\/p>\n

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