Professor Chidiebere Onyia – Tech | Business | Economy https://techeconomy.ng Tech | Business | Economy Sat, 06 Jan 2024 08:00:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://techeconomy.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-256Px-32x32.png Professor Chidiebere Onyia – Tech | Business | Economy https://techeconomy.ng 32 32 50% of Pupils in Enugu State Cannot Read, SSG Hints https://techeconomy.ng/50-of-pupils-in-enugu-state-cannot-read-ssg-hints/ https://techeconomy.ng/50-of-pupils-in-enugu-state-cannot-read-ssg-hints/#respond Sat, 06 Jan 2024 08:00:28 +0000 https://techeconomy.ng/?p=121969 Professor Chidiebere Onyia, the Secretary to the Enu­gu State Government (SSG), has revealed that 50 per cent of pupils in the state can neither read in English nor solve simple mathematics questions.

Onyia stated this while delivering a keynote address titled, ‘Smart Basic Education and the Future of Africa’ at the quadrennial convention of the Old Boys Association of Union Secondary School, Awkunanaw, on Thursday in Enugu.

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According to the SSG, the government discovered the short­coming in its Baseline Assess­ment of primary schools in the state, conducted in November 2023.

“Our 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.

“50% of our children can­not solve simple subtraction challenges. What we found out in Enugu State is written large across our nation.”

He expressed displeasure that in Nigeria, 3 out of 4 chil­dren who completed basic education lack numeracy and literacy proficiency.

“The World Bank, UNICEF, and UNESCO have defined this as ‘the Nigerian Learning Crisis’.(Independent.ng)

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