Our Village Schools, Still the Same! Cont.
PROBLEM Only 19% of dwelling houses are connected to the national grid and as high as 5,077 representing 56.3% of all the dwelling types used kerosene lamps. EFFECTS There are direct and indirect consequences of low level of utilization of electricity in the communities but the focus of this project is on academic performances. Based on WAEC, BECE performances from the past years have indicated clearly on the position of the participants in their respective results. The table below shows the number of registered candidates for BECE in 2014, 2015 and 2016 academic years, which including private schools and community- based schools. In the year, 2014, 19 community-based Junior High Schools took part in the BECE comprising 1103 registered candidates with the percentage passed 15.8% compared to 1 private school, 13 registered candidates with the percentage passed 30.8% in the same District. As population increases, the percentage passed for community-based scho...