Half of Lagos students failed 2024 WASSCE – Commissioner
The Lagos State Government says 45.7 per cent of the 58,188 students from public schools who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination did not pass.
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, said during a ministerial press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday that the 26,592 public school students who failed were sponsored by the state government.
According to him, the government paid N1.577 billion on behalf of the 58,188 students to cover their WAEC fees for 2024.
To reverse the woeful performance, the commissioner said they have rolled out a bold educational intervention tagged Eko Learners’ Support Programme for WASSCE and NECO candidates.
Alli-Balogun stated that the programme involves the broadcast of 320 lessons across 10 key subjects, including English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Government, History, Literature-in-English, and Yoruba.
The commissioner said each 30-minute episode would air on Lagos Television and be archived across major platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and X, creating a digital learning library accessible to every student.
“It is on this note that I urge and encourage students, more importantly, students in our boarding schools, to take full advantage of this initiative, as education is a lifelong journey,” he said.
