31st of March, 2014
To:
All
Parents/Guardians
NAPPS UNIFIED EXAMINATION
Consequent upon recurrent mass failure of
students usually recorded in external examination bodies such as WAEC, JAMB,
NECO etc National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Lagos (NAPPS)
came up with an idea of a unified examination for member schools in Lagos State.
For instance, the statistics from WAEC results of students in 2012/2013 showed
that 80% of students who sat for the examinations failed English and
Mathematics. Also in JAMB examinations, the figure also showed that only 10
students scored above 300 marks while 801,804 scored below200 marks. The same
story of recorded mass failure also goes for NECO results. These unfortunate
results prompted the association to come out with an idea that can arrest the
ugly trend hence justification for a Unified Examination which has the
potential to achieve the following:
A. CURBING OF MASS FAILURE IN FINAL
EXAMINATION: NAPPS unified examination has the ability to curb mass
failure by exposing the students to rudiments of sitting for unified, final and
external examination organized by
independent body long before their final examinations. In this way, students
would have gained the mastery of sitting for final and external examinations such
as WAEC, JAMB and NECO.
B. QUALITY CONTROL ASSURANCE: NAPPS Unified
examination ensures that quality control is guaranteed, in the sense that,
unified examination removes over reliance on teacher’s assessment alone. It
also guides against biasedness, favouritism and mediocrity.
C. COMPLETENESS OF NATIONAL CURRICULUM: NAPPS Unified
examination ensures that teachers complete their scheme of work on time since
the students will be made to face
external examinations.
D. ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS: NAPPS unified
examination can be used as a measure of performance
of teachers, even schools since results can be benchmarked.
In view of the above, I write to inform
you of the compulsory NAPPS UNIFIED EXAMINATION for all private schools in Lagos State.
All students from Primary one to SS3 will be included subsequently. However,
for pilot study this year, those eligible for this examination are students in:
i. Grade 3 – 6
ii. Junior Secondary 1 and 2
iii. Senior Secondary 1 and 2
The unified examination has the sole aim
of preparing, testing and getting the pupils and students used to the pattern
of the examination they would face during their year of graduation from the
primary and secondary schools.
The registration commences on 5th May
2014 and closes on the 23rd May, 2014. However, immediate registration is also
acceptable. The date for the unified examination is Saturday June 21st, 2014.
Certificates will be issued to all students at the end of the examination.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
……………………………..
Proprietor