Bayelsa emerged fifth in WASSCE, rank among literacy states ―BTM

The Bayelsa State Government has continued to receive more accolades and applaud for ranking among literacy states, sequel to the massive capital invested in overhauling its education sub-sector, culminating in its emergence as the fifth overall best state in the recent result released by the West Africa Examination Council (WEAC).

The feat attained by the state had been widely commended by the duo of the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite and his Education counterpart, Deacon Markson Fefegha, attributing it to the pragmatic approach and sagacity of Governor Seriake Dickson to erase the description that the state is educationally backward.

Joining in the foray to eulogize the state’s meteoric rise in education above state’s created before her, an independent group under the aegis of Bayelsa Transparency Monitors (BTM), has described as satisfactory the feat attained by the state in the recently released result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

The Group was emphatic that since the Dickson administration came on board, the state always ranked among the first sixth overall best in WAEC, but this year it has step up its position as the fifth overall best in the result released by the exam body, a sharp increase from the state’s previous position.

Director-General of the group, Mr. Ephraim Dorgu in a statement released in Yenagoa said the success of the state in WAEC is one of the many testimonies of the restoration government’s efforts in the education ‎sub-sector.

He recalled that Governor Dickson upon assumption of office had declared a state of emergency in education a wise decision which is now yielding the needed result.

The group commended the governor for his love for education and the massive investment he has made so far and added that Bayelsa which used to be backward educationally is now ranked among the state’s that are educationally sound, and endowed with intellectual resources to lead in the near future.

The statement urged the government to sustain the achievement and work more to ensure that in the next WAEC and other external examinations‎ Bayelsa State becomes number one.

Dorgu shared the optimism that with the innovations that the Governor is bringing to bear in education, by revamping both primary and secondary schools, particularly the newly commissioned world class Ijaw National Academy, a boarding school run on government scholarship, re-introducing same in the eight councils’ sponsorship of students in choice tertiary institutions within and outside the country, the state clinch the first position in no distant time.

The statement read in part, “We are excited by this development. Our state used to be educationally backward ‎until this government came in 2012 and began a revolution in the education sector.

“As a group we are very happy and we want to see more of this. That is why we are commending ‎the Governor and other members of his restoration administration for the efforts to bring about the needed manpower development in the state.

“Everywhere you go, education is the key. Because with education you build capacity and development of young minds who in turn will take over the affairs of the state‎. So this feat in WASSCE is a clear testimony.”