Amosun charges teachers on poor performance in Maths

MATHEMATICS teachers have been called upon to map out strategies that would address poor performance in Mathematics at internal and external examinations across the Ogun State.

State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who made the call at the first annual conference of the Mathematics Association of Nigeria (MAN), Ogun State chapter, at The Bells University of Technology, Ota, said statistical evident revealed that students performed poorly in the subject.

Governor Amosun, represented by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs Modupe Mujota, described Mathematics as the mother of all subjects, saying that students need to be grounded in it being pivotal to having a career in science, engineering and other fields involving calculations.

He urged teachers of Mathematics to come up with a method that would make the subject more interesting.