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PUBLIC SCHOOLS NO LONGER ALLOW STUDENTS REPEAT CLASSES WHEN THEY FAIL

 One thing that surprised me as soon as I got into the public space was the fact that pupils were allowed to fail and still move to the next class.

When I was a pupil in primary school I used to dread repeating a class, it was an abomination both at home and in school, In fact, sometimes we just hope we just do well enough not to repeat a class, Kai! That time we'll imagine how sad we'll be sitting in the same class with your juniors while your mates go to a new class and now start to parade themselves as your seniors. Because of this we would do our best in the exams and study hard so that we don't repeat it.

Today, I see students just going through the motions of school life without any stake they have their cakes and eat it, they play all day and all night but still get promoted to the next class for absolutely doing nothing.

Participants of the Ijebu-Ode Golden Stars Cell Connect Debate 
I have heard stories of the days when students in public schools were allowed to repeat, colleagues of mine have told me in the past how parents of students who repeat a class come to school to either harass the teachers and school authorities or roll on the floor so the headteachers are persuaded to allow their child move to the next class, so headteachers who got tired of this attitude decided to allow the children go to the next class whether they pass or not.

To say the truth this is one of the problems we have in our public school system, if students don't pass, they should not be allowed to move to the next class until they pass, when they continue failing and remaining in a class one day they'll be forced to do the needful so they can move forward.

Today, you find primary 5 pupils who cannot solve very basic math problems or even read two sounds to make a word. All they do is frustrate the efforts of their teachers who start to have the feeling that they're not doing enough just because there was no foundation laid for what is to be done in the present so instead of moving forward it feels like we're retrogressing all in the bid to cement faulty foundations.

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