Instructional Media Incorporation into Secondry School Curriculum as an Antidote to Mass Failure of Students' in North Central Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examines the statistical analysis of May/June 2014 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination as presented by the West African Examination Council. Based on this Statistics, the author generates the statistical analysis of the results of the states in the North Central Zone of Nigeria according to their performance in May/June 2014 WASSCE. The analysis of the result according to each of the state shows poor performance of all the states in the North Central Zone. In fact, none of the states is able to have average performance of 50% candidates pass in English Language and Mathematics which is the benchmark pass in the Examination. The analysis shows that Kwara state led with 29.54%, Benue state with 26.86%, Kogi state with 24.93%, Plateau state with 1919.46%, Nasarawa state with 18.23% and Niger state with 17.46% pass. The paper discovers some causes of mass failure by the students which include parental, school, teachers, and students related causative factors. The paper conclude by explaining some steps to ameliorate mass failure in WASSCE examination. These steps include, the use of appropriate instructional media, the use of internet, the use of handset, the use of social networks and the use of educational broadcasting as teaching/learning resources.