{"id":136747,"date":"2024-01-05T17:31:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/05\/50-of-pupils-in-enugu-cant-read-in-english-or-solve-simple-maths-questions-ssg-reveals\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:31:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:31:17","slug":"50-of-pupils-in-enugu-cant-read-in-english-or-solve-simple-maths-questions-ssg-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/05\/50-of-pupils-in-enugu-cant-read-in-english-or-solve-simple-maths-questions-ssg-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;50% Of Pupils In Enugu Can&#8217;t Read In English Or Solve Simple Maths Questions&#8221; \u2013 SSG Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Chidiebere Onyia, has disclosed that 50 percentage of the pupil population in the state can not read in English or solve simple mathematics questions.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that Onyia led this out on Thursday, in the state\u2019s capital, while delivering a keynote address titled, \u201cSmart Basic Education and the Future of Africa\u201d at the quadrennial convention of the Old Boys Association of Union Secondary School, Awkunanaw.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the poor performance of the studens was discovered in November 2023 when the government conducted its Baseline Assessment of primary schools in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Onyia said: \u201cOur findings were shocking. After six years of primary school, 50 per cent of our children cannot read a single word in English and those who can read struggle with comprehension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Heavy Duty Truck Rams Into School Bus Killing Students In Enugu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c50% of our children cannot solve simple subtraction challenges. What we found out in Enugu State is written large across our nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe World Bank, UNICEF, and UNESCO have defined this as \u2018the Nigerian Learning Crisis\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Enugu State, we now believe that in addition to providing continuous training and professional development to teachers within the school systems, we must also transform how teachers teach, as well as how students learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1751244158\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Chidiebere Onyia, has disclosed that 50 percentage of the pupil population in the state can not read in English or solve simple mathematics questions. 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