Minister reads riot act to teachers over WAEC, NECO

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory Muhammad Bello has said principal of schools that do not attain 50% success in WAEC will be sacked.The minister said the 30 percent success recorded in 2016 WAEC and NECO in FCT schools is no longer acceptable.

In his meeting with the principals in Abuja, Bello mandated all schools to attain a 50% success in the African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) in the next academic year. Represented by the FCT permanent secretary Babatope Ajakaiye, the minister said, the 30 percent success recorded in 2016 WAEC and NECO in FCT schools is no longer acceptable. 

The minister said: “The mandate I will give you that goes with sanction; for this new session, every principal must be determined that for WAEC and NECO in 2017, any principal that does not achieve 50 percent success should just quietly leave that school because the principal is going to be removed.”