WHY STUDENT FAIL EXAMS

POOR READING CULTURE
Some students hardly read books and all they do is to chat with their phones even in class. Always busy making friends all over the world and this can be very distracting. When you give assignments, many of them will copy from the net and can hardly explain what they have written. When exam comes, you can be sure they will not do well.

This raises the question- is the emergence of the Internet and social media a blessing or a curse to the young ones?   I am of the opinion that every man-made thing has good and bad sides and today we are experiencing the bad side of modernization which in turn is affecting the lives of students. Well, Internet is here to stay and nothing can be done about it as it is the desire of people to have everything simplified.


WRONG SUBJECT CHOICE
Teachers/Parents inability to know the capacity of their children when it comes to strength in various subjects is also responsible. Many of them want their children to read professional courses especially under the science category without considering the ability and past results of the children which suggest their inability to cope in those classes. You cannot insist that your child must be a medical doctor when he performs poorly or averagely in science core subjects or when his interest lies more in creativity or in commerce or art-related subjects. There’s no need toying with the destinies of children simply because parents are selfish and want to prove a point at the expense of the child,” she pointed out.

POORLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS

Operating a school has become more of a business and imparting knowledge is now a second fiddle. Teachers will always look for greener pastures at the detriment of the students. You don’t expect students to perform well when teachers of a particular subject are changed three or four times before the end of a session. Besides, how many schools complete their syllabus? Students cannot write correctly what they have not been taught. Student foundation cant be solid when proprietors engage poorly qualified seconday school teachers , who are themselves victims, to lay academic foundation. Cost maximization is now the objective.

MAD RUSH FOR CERTIFICATE
 The sale and acquisition of certificates does not take place only in tertiary institutions. The scourge can be identified even in primary and secondary schools as having a pass mark or good grades has become a do or die affair. There are cases of parents who buy certificates for their children which is doctored by a school. If children know that they have parents that can practice such, why should they bother to pass exam? If na you nko?.