EDUCATION: A MIRROR OF THE SOCIETY : May 2015

PHOTO : Packed Lecture Hall at Uni. Jos

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This the picture that has sparked reactions from online visitors to Nairaland Forum - Nigeria's biggest online discussion forum. The above picture was allegedly taken at the "renowned" University of Jos (UJ) and it shows a packed lecture hall with several students sitting on the floor - at a university !!!</div>
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Surprisingly, not many commentator to the thread express shock or was surprise, some even think the topic (or caption the picture) is not worthy of a  discussion as such conditions are ubiquitous at all public institutions across the nation. Barely any Public institution is immune from such condition - its an age-long situation and a plague this institutions suffered.</div>
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So, could this truly be the conditions in many institutions as claimed ? Some commentator agreed citing their Alma mater as another example :</div>
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<i>"this is even small come LAUTECH...U go see more than that"</i> - Saxwizard</div>
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The commentator (Saxwizard) above boast that his university (LAUTECH) is even worse and the situation at UJ is relatively fair. Another commentator- Stinggy- strongly agree with Saxwizard saying;</div>
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<i>"Very true! Can remember CHM 222 lecture in 1,200 LT. You wouldn't even have the space to snap this picture. Crazy school.."</i></div>
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<i> </i>Other contributors tour the same line, Osahon7 believes UNIPORT is even worse.</div>
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<i>"Go to MBA 1 in uniport...you never see anytin"</i></div>
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<i>"This situation is not new..it's common in most state and federal univs. It's a pity tho."</i></div>
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<i>Reminds me of workshop 3 in FUTO during my time.</i></div>
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<i>Sooo true...
When 8 departments in college had to stay in nslt1 for lectures.
Mehnn..year 1 was crazy.<br /> </i></div>
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From available comments on the topic, lots of universities are fairly represented and their reactions mirror those of the above sample commentators - just unfortunate. </div>
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The nations' universities aren't just there yet. </div>
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<b>How do we catch up with the rest of the world with institutions like this ?</b></div>
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You can follow the rest of the discussion<a href="http://www.nairaland.com/2323629/sad-lecture-room-184-university/1" target="_blank"> here</a></div>
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PHOTO : Packed Lecture Hall at Uni. Jos

This the picture that has sparked reactions from online visitors to Nairaland Forum - Nigeria's biggest online discussion forum....

Gombe State Had 4000 More Teachers in 4 Years.

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The Gombe State Government on Monday said it recruited 4000 teachers to boost the staff strength of primary and senior secondary schools in the last four years.
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The state Commissioner for Education,Hajiya Aishatu Ahmed, made the disclosure in an interview with NAN in Gombe. Ahmed said that 2,000 recruited graduate teachers were deployed to senior secondary schools and the remaining 2,000 were sent to primary schools.
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She said the state government had at its inception in 2011, saw the shortage of teachers in senior secondary schools as a challenge and promised to fill the gaps. The commissioner said the state government had procured 2,327 desktops and laptops computers for use in secondary schools.
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She said the computers were distributed to selected centres for JAMB Computer-Based Test (CBT) and also for e-learning in 16 senior secondary schools and Science an Technical Colleges that have so far benefited from the gesture.
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"The schools which are yet to benefit will benefit in due course because all our schools must be e-compliant," she said. According to her, the state government has approved the reintroduction of mock examinations in secondary schools to enhance students' academic performance.
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"Henceforth all SS11 students must pass the examination before proceeding to their final year. "In addition, selection examination into the new government science and technical colleges will henceforth be conducted as a matter of policy."</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The OAU 1999 cult massacre was a turning point in the university's history. No one could give an accurate version of a chaotic and sad event of that day, and there has been several, sometimes different version of what actually transpired, before and after the event. But I thought the version below is what sharing with readers...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>What led to the massacre</b></span></div>
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"On  Saturday, 7 March 1999, a  group of members held a meeting in Ife town. After the meeting, they  drove back to the campus. On the main road, Road 1, leading into the  campus, they were overtaken by some students in another car. For  whatever reason, they were enraged and gave chase to the students. The  students, seeing them in pursuit, raced hastily to the car park outside  Angola Hall and ran into the adjacent Awolowo Hall for safety. The  Students’ Union, which had also received information that secret cult  members were gathering in a house in the senior staff quarters,  mobilized in response to the incident. Led by George Iwilade, the  Secretary-General, a group of them drove to the house, officially  occupied by Mr. F.M. Mekoma, and forced their way into the boys’  quarters. They found nine individuals inside, eight of them students of  the University, with a sub-machine gun, a locally manufactured gun, an  axe, a bayonet and the black clothing and regalia of the cult. The  University authorities were informed, and the members of the secret cult  were handed over to the Police. They were held in police custody and  taken to the Chief Magistrate’s Court where two weeks later they were  granted bail." <br />
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"The case was heard on 31 March, and to the  utmost amazement of everyone, the Chief Magistrate discharged and  acquitted the arrested individuals. The students who had apprehended the  cult members were not called as witnesses. The investigating police  officer, Corporal Femi Adewoye, claimed that the witnesses could not be  located and actually stated in Court, “I tried to contact the  complainants in this case, all to no avail. To date, there is no  complainant in the case. Since all the accused persons denied the  allegations against them and there is no complainant, there is no way  the allegations can be proved.” This was the submission of the  prosecuting police officer! Usually, in such cases, witness’ summons  were served through the University Administration but this did not  happen. The trial was concluded in two court appearances in eight days. <br />
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The  Chief Magistrate also ordered that the sub-machine gun be sent to the  police armourer and the other exhibits be destroyed, thus eliminating  all the evidence, and making it impossible to re-open the case. The  Judicial Enquiry recommended that the Magistrate be reported to the  Judicial Commission for appropriate disciplinary action. Nothing came of  this, as nothing came of all the other recommendations of that Panel." </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Massacre</b></span></h4>
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On  the night of the 9th July 1999 a number of student groups held a party  at Obafemi Awolowo University. The 'Mirror Online' reports: "members of  Kegites Club on the campus, Man O’ war members, and various other  student leaders- both former and incumbent, gathered at the open ground  between Angola and Mozambique Halls." Later in the night many of the  party-goers began occupying the cafeteria of Awolowo Hall whilst others  returned to their halls of residence to sleep. </div>
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At between 3-3.30am (now 10th July 1999) a large number of cultists  (reported to be between 22 and 40) of the confraternity arrived to carry  out a preplanned assault on the university with the intention of  carrying out the assassinations of several prominent members of the  student union. Allegations that these assassinations were sponsored by  the university's Vice Chancellor Wale Omole remain to this day but it is  unclear if this is the case. It is said "one of the cultists, Kazeem  Bello, aka Kato, confessed that Wale Omole had a hand in their July 10  dastardly operation." <br />
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Upon arriving at the university the  cultists "drove through the main gate and proceeded to the car park next  to the Tennis Courts in the Sports Center. They disembarked there and  went on foot along a bush path to Awolowo Hall, where they violently  interrupted the gyration, firing guns and also wielding axes and  cutlasses." <br />
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Although the order of the events that followed vary  from account to account (in terms of who was killed in what order) it is  clear that following the assault 4 people were left dead, another died  from gunshot wounds later, one more survived from a gunshot wound and  "Twenty-five others received minor injuries, which were sustained during  the stampede out of the Awolowo Hall cafeteria and later on during the  attack." <br />
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The Mirror Online reports "The victims, which included  the then Students’ Union Secretary General, George Yemi Iwilade, (fondly  called Afrika); 400 level medical student, Eviano Ekelemu; a graduating  student, Yemi Ajiteru; 100-Level Philosophy student, Babatunde Oke, and  Ekpede Godfrey were gunned down by the “marauding beasts” in Blocks 5  and 8, Awolowo Hall." Prof. Roger Makanjuola writes: "Tunde Oke was  still alive but died on the operating table. Four others, George  Iwilade, Yemi Ajiteru, Efe Ekede and Eviano Ekelemu, were brought in  dead. Eviano Ekelemu bled to death from gunshot wounds to the groin and  thigh. The other three died from gunshot wounds to the head." <br />
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During  the attack several accounts state the members were heard to be  "shouting, “Legacy, come out!”" referring to the suspended Students’  Union President, Lanre Adeleke. Additional targets of the attacks are  described also. Prof. Roger Makanjuola's account states the same and he  also writes: "During the course of the incident, the attackers also  shouted the names of “Afrika”, George Iwilade, and “Dexter”, the Chief  of the Kegites, demanding that they come out." <br />
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Of the targets of  the massacre Lanre Adeleke (Legacy) managed to escape by jumping from a  balcony after hearing the gunfire. “Dexter”, the Chief of the Kegites,  also escaped unharmed. George Iwilade (Afrika), the Secretary-General of  the Students’ Union and a Law student was not so lucky. Upon entering  his room the "shot him immediately in the head. Then they smashed his  head with their axe to make sure he was dead". <br />
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It is reported  George Iwilade (Afrika) was the only successfully assassinated victim.  "Afrika, who was said to have carried out the arrest (relating to the  incident on Saturday, 7 March 1999), was mercilessly butchered while the  other four were just unfortunate victims" <br />
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<b>Prof. Roger  Makanjuola gives the order of events as been: "They first entered Room  184, where they shot and killed Efe Ekede, a Part II Psychology student.  In Room 230, they shot Charles Ita, a Part II Law student. A group of  the attackers then shot Yemi Ajiteru, a Part II Religious Studies  student, through the head in the corridor outside the Kegites’  headquarters. In Room 273, they found George Iwilade (Afrika), the  Secretary-General of the Students’ Union and a Law student, and shot him  through the head, along with another occupant, Tunde Oke, a Part 1  student of Philosophy, who was shot in the abdomen. When the attackers  got to Room 271, the room allocated to the suspended Students’ Union  President, Lanre Adeleke (Legacy), they found that he had escaped.  Legacy was in his room when he heard the first gun shots..... The band  of thugs proceeded to Fajuyi Hall on foot, where they shot and killed  one more student. That individual, Eviano Ekelemo, a medical student,  was certainly not a student activist, but they shot him anyway.".  However the order in which the victims were killed varies in various  testimonies by a number of witnesses.</b><br />
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Prof. Roger  Makanjuola's account of the cultist's escape is"The murderers left  Fajuyi Hall on foot and went through the bush path behind the Hall back  to their vehicles. They drove to the Students’ Union building, which  they ransacked. They returned to their vehicles and drove out of the  University through the main gate. The security staff, having heard  gunfire, fled for their lives. Thus the exit of the marauding thugs was  unchallenged." </div>
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The day after the attack it is  reported "President Adeleke presided over an assembly in the enormous  amphitheater of Oduduwa Hall; he demanded the immediate resignation of  Wole Omole, the loathed vice chancellor who impeded student efforts to  eliminate cults (Omole, for example, failed to expel the previously  apprehended eight cultists). An award of 10,000 naira ($100 U.S.) was  offered for Omole’s capture and hundreds of students occupied the  administration building, refusing to leave until Omole was fired." <br />
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Prof.  Roger Makanjuola writes of what followed the massacre: "In the  aftermath of the attack, the whole university was enveloped in fear and  there was chaos in the halls of residence. However, within a short time,  the President of the Students’ Union, Lanre Adeleke, was able to  restore order and mobilise his colleagues. The students went to the town  searching for the perpetrators in locations where cult members were  thought to be living. They “arrested” three individuals and brought them  back to Awolowo Hall. These were Aisekhaghe Aikhile, a Part I student  of Agricultural Economics, Emeka Ojuagu, and Frank Idahosa (Efosa).  Efosa and Ojuagu were arrested in a public transport vehicle that was  about to leave Ife. [24]<br />
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The students exhibited black clothing,  two berets and two T-shirts, that had been found in Ojuagu’s bag, which  was claimed to be the uniform. Efosa was a known member of the . He had  been expelled from the University of Benin and was later admitted for a  diploma programme in Local Government Studies in Ife. The three of them  were savagely beaten and tortured in the Awolowo Hall “Coffee Room”, the  traditional venue for such events. The inverted commas have been  employed because coffee had not been known to be served there for many  years. Efosa and Oguagu are said to have confessed to participating in  the attacks during their “interrogation”, and Efosa is said to have gone  further to state that the attack was organised to avenge the  humiliating treatment of the members who had been arrested in Mr.  Mekoma’s house on 7 March. <br />
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In the course of the interrogation,  Aisekhaghe Aikhile died, and his body was taken to the hospital  mortuary. The interrogations also yielded the information that 22  members were involved, six from the University, four from the University  of Lagos, four from the University of Ibadan, and eight from the  University of Calabar. There was also a separate claim that more  students from the University of Benin were also involved. [26]<br />
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The  VC, Professor Wale Omole, had been out of the country on 10 July 1999,  the day of the attack and in his absence, the Deputy VC (Academic),  Professor A.E. Akingbohungbe, was in charge. Soon after his arrival, the  VC was summoned to Abuja to give a report of the incident the day after  he returned to campus. On 14 July, his suspension was announced by the  Government." <br />
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Several days later on the 18th July 1999 Prof.  Roger Makanjuola was appointed Vice Chacellor and as replacement to  Professor Wale Omole. He promised the students of Obafemi Awolowo  University he would do everything in his power to bring the perpetrators  to justice. Firstly he visited the Commissioner of Police, Mr. J.C.  Nwoye, in Osogbo who raised the issue that the university still hadn't  officially reported the murders despite what he said had been repeated  requests. Prof. Roger Makanjuola summarily wrote and submitted the  required paperwork officially reporting the murders. [28]<br />
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Prof.  Roger Makanjuola gives the following account of what followed: "A total  of 12 individuals were arrested and charged to court over the three  weeks following the murders, including Efosa and Ojuagu. Only one of  those involved in the March episode was among those arrested. The other  eight could not be located. Two of them had obtained their transcripts  and resumed their studies in France. The students brought information on  the whereabouts of a major suspect, Babatunde Kazeem (Kato), and we  provided a vehicle so that the Police could go with the students to the  address in Lagos and arrest him. Kato was a former student who had been  “advised to withdraw” from the University as a result of academic  failure. He had been apprehended by the Students’ Union in August 1997  when he admitted to being a secret cult member. He was subsequently  handed over to the Security Department, but there is no record of what  happened after that. We also provided the Police with information on  three other individuals, “Innocent”, “Yuletide” and “Ogbume.” Sadly,  nothing came of this, even though we provided Ogbume’s address in  Victoria Garden City, Lagos. The arrested persons were charged to the  Ile-Ife Magistrate’s court for the murders. <br />
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The Judicial  Commission of Enquiry was eventually inaugurated in Abuja on 18 October,  but did not start work until 24 November, and eventually arrived in the  University on Sunday, 28 November. The Chairman was Justice Okoi Itam.  There were six other members, including Professor Jadesola Akande, an  experienced and highly respected academic and university administrator,  and Ray Ekpu, the journalist. Ms. Turi Akerele was later deployed as  legal counsel to the Commission. A flamboyant but highly capable  alumnus, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, led a team representing the students. <br />
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The  Commission’s report was submitted in February 2000 and was released,  along with the Government’s white paper, later that year. The Commission  expressed its strong belief that seven named individuals had  participated in the killings—Frank Idahosa (Efosa), Didi Yuletide,  Kazeem Bello (Kato), and four individuals who were identified only by  their nicknames or Christian names—Innocent, Athanasius, “Ochuko”, and  “Chunk.” The last was identified as the then head of the secret cult.  The Commission also recommended the investigation of 16 other  individuals, including Emeka Oguaju and the nine involved in the 7 March  episode. The Panel criticised the police investigation of the case and  recommended that the Inspector-General of Police should set up a special  task force to take it over. <br />
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the cases against those charged in  the Chief Magistrate’s Court for belonging to an illegal organisation  eventually came to nothing. However, we were very hopeful of a  successful prosecution of the murder cases against Efosa and company.  The case in the Osogbo High Court, which commenced on 9 April 2001,  wound on. Evidence for the prosecution was taken from a number of  students and some other witnesses. There was adjournment after  adjournment. In mid-2002, the Judge hearing the case was transferred to  Iwo, and the case along with it. There was a further delay while the  exhibits were also subsequently taken to Iwo. To the amazement of  everyone, the Judge upheld a “No Case” submission by the defence on 5  November 2002. The three accused persons were released and they  subsequently disappeared…" <br />
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In 2009 it was reported: "Ten years  after the carnage, the relatives and associates of the victims as well  as students of OAU are still crying out for justice." <br />
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The  attack was carried out by members of the of Africa aka The . A  confraternity infesting Nigerian society particularly the country's  universities and responsible for large amounts of violent crime. Many  reports exist of the ill-effects cultism has on Nigerian society. One  such report states: "(Cults) have brutally ravaged Nigeria’s 37  state-run institutions. The massacre at Obafemi Owolowe University (OAU)  is only the most recent tragedy; observers estimate that 150 students  have been slain in the last five years, with scores more victimized by  rape, assault, extortion, kidnapping, blackmail, torture and arson  attack. Cultists — who often emulate the music and attitudes of American  street-gang culture — dominate several campuses with intimidation  tactics. Sometimes they employ threats of murder or extortion for  seemingly petty ransoms, like an “A” grade or a fraudulently written  term paper. Unprotected students, professors and administrators are  often forced to surrender whatever grades, goods and privileges that the  cultists demand."<br />
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Today, in 2015, the is still an ongoing  problem. Responsible for the involvement in the murders of at least 200  people in 2014 and partaking other criminal activities around the world  such as international smuggling of drugs, extortion, human trafficking  and prostitution, counterfeiting of identity documents, cloning of  credit cards, cheque fraud, 419 fraud, robbery, rape, murder and are  used by politicians as 'hired thugs'. In Italy they have recently been  classified as a 'Mafia' organisation.<br />
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In addition to those  directly responsible, the carrying out the attack, there is ongoing  concern over the effect or indeed sponsorship by the other entities and  individuals possibly involved. In addition to the alleged sponsorship of  the attack by Vice Chancellor Professor Wale Omole it is believed that  also the government, the police and judiciary were complicit in either  motivating the massacre, allowing the favorable environment for the  massacre to have happened and for allowing those involved to escape any  prosecution.</div>
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Cult Attack In OAU - What Really Happened

The OAU 1999 cult massacre was a turning point in the university's history. No one could give an accurate version of a chaotic a...

Grim Statistic of Educational Infrastructure In Enugu State, Over 6000 dropout

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No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu, indicated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls.</div>
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According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period.</div>
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The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools. </div>
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“Out of the number of classrooms in primary schools, 56 per cent are usable and 57 per cent are also usable in secondary schools,’’ it said. On water and sanitation, only three per cent of primary schools in the state had access to pipe borne water, while 87.4 per cent had none. It observed that only 4.2 per cent of secondary schools had access to pipe borne water and 83.3 per cent had no access. It said that 64.6 per cent of public primary schools had no toilet facilities, 35.4 per cent of schools had at least one toilet, while 51.6 per cent of secondary schools had none at all. </div>
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“Pupil to toilet ratio at the primary level is 152 pupils to one toilet, while the ratio is 155 students to one toilet at the public secondary school level,’’ the report said. Reacting to the report, the Commissioner for Education, told NAN that with the spread of Ebola virus disease in the country, many alternatives for pipe water was provided by the government. “The report on water and sanitation will improve this year because we provided wash-hand buckets with taps for our pupils and students in our secondary schools to improve the hygiene,’’ Okoro said. Okoro, however, adjudged the report which was the fifth annual school census production in the state as credible. “This edition of the report has greatly improved, especially in the area of data collection at public secondary and private schools,’’ he said.</div>
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No fewer than 6,159 
public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State 
between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed 
on Friday.

The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the 
Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 
3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls.

According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public 
secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within
 the period under review.

It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary 
schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary 
schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state.

It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public 
secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state 
within the period.

The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, 
representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into 
public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school 
level.<br />
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No fewer than 6,159 
public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State 
between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed 
on Friday.

The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the 
Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 
3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls.

According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public 
secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within
 the period under review.

It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary 
schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary 
schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state.

It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public 
secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state 
within the period.

The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, 
representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into 
public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school 
level.
 It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include 
blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech
 impairment as well as mental illness.

On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 
classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for 
secondary schools.<br />
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No fewer than 6,159 
public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State 
between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed 
on Friday.