EMBELLISHMENT ROLE AND PROBLEMS OF NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

a.       The West African Examination Council (WAEC) 
b.       National Examination Council (NECO)
c.       Nigeria Teachers Institute (NTI)
d.      Untied Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural  Organization (UNIESCO)
e.       Junior  School Certificate Examination (JSSCE)

WAEC: The West African Examination Council this body came into being in the year 1952. It was
found or established in 1952  with the primary aim of taking care of the educational concern of Africa. It is  not a profit oriented  establishment. The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has provided educational services to Anglophones countries  in Africa.  There establishment role is anchored on the provision  of examinations  and certificate issuance to these countries  under their coverage which includes Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia  Sierra Leone and Liberia. They also formed an endowment fund, to contribute to the education in West Africa through lectures and aid those who can not afford education. 
As  a matter of  fact, WAEC from the time  of its inception in  1952  till date has carried out their  arduous task effectively amidst challenges  they have conducted various cadre of examines as  well as insured certificates to deserving students.  They have also improved educational standards through their various lectures organized  in African schools.

PROBLEMS FACING WAEC
The major problem WAEC is the ugly trend of examination malpractices. Students sitting for the examination has resorted to using assorted methods to indulge in malpractice such as gaining the knowledge of exam paper (questions) before the examination etc other   problems arises in misspelling of candidate name and sometimes given a candidate courses   he did not apply for. In addition, it is a very big challenge conducting exams for all the various secondary schools throughout the regions covered by WAEC. How to recruit invigilators for those various exams equally constitute their major challenges in meeting up with the required academic standards. 

NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL (NECO)
The national examination council established in Nigeria in the year 1999 with its headquarter located in Minna State. It was established to carry out the following functions: 
Revising and considering , annually in the public  interest the examinations to be held for  admission into federal government  colleges and other allied  institutions.
Collecting and disseminating information on all matters relating to admission into federal government   colleges.
Generally, handling the conduct of examinations in the secondary school level of  SS 3  and issuance  of certificate.
So far, the board to a large  extent has made  tremendous move towards providing the educational  needs  of Nigerians was well as replacing the West African  Examination Council. 

PROBLEM FACING NECO 
The major problem militating against NECO just like any other educational organization of the sort is examination malpractices. This is the situation whereby students on their own or connive with teachers to cheat in examination.  This is nearly a problem because it is seriously dragging the quality of education in Nigeria to be floor.  The national examination council is bent on overcoming this problem.
Another major problem militating against NECO is the efficient conduct of SSCE for all the schools throughout   the nation regarding accessibility and registration of school candidates 

NTI 
Nigeria teachers institute  was established in 1976  with headquarter at Kaduna primarily for the pressing need in the country for trained qualified teaching  staff  at all levels of the educational system. It  I a national agency charged with t  responsibility of  upgrading teachers skills in Nigeria especially at primary  and secondary level.  Over the years, the NTI  has provide courses  of  instruction  leading to the upgrade  development and certification  of Nigeria  teachers as specified  in the relevant syllabuses using the  distant  learning system.
They  work towards the enhancement of the professional skills of serving teachers for higher quality  education  delivery at primary  and secondary  levels with a view  to uplifting the standards of the  education system of the country.
The national teachers institute upgrade the teachers knowledge and skills in curriculum implementation while instilling in them the virtues of dedication, loyalty, commitment,  discipline  and resourcefulness.
PROBLEM FACING  NTI  
The institution is faced with the challenges of producing  competent and qualitative teachers to meet up with the increasing demands of education in Nigeria. These has been there major struggle since its establishment to   ensure that the quality of teachers they produce can compete  favourably with teachers in any other  part of  the world.

UNESCO
Untied Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural  Organization is  a  specialized agency  of the United Nation (U.N). its  purpose is to contribute to  peace and security by  promoting  international collaboration through  education, science, and culture  in order to further universal respect  for  justice  the  rule of law and human rights along with  fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the U.N   charter UNESCO has  196 members with National and Regional Offices. Its main scope is under fire  programmes: education natural sciences, social  and  human sciences, culture and communication and  information. The  sponsor programmes such  as  literacy  technical and teacher -  training programmer;  international   science programme, promotion  of the fress, regional and cultural history projects;  the promotion of culture diversity: international co-operation and agreement to secure the world cultural and  natural  heritage.
 
PROBLEMS FACING UNESCO
The major  problem militating  against UNESCO is financial problem . Poor funding of the institution is a major  blow against its survival. The contributors to the financial up keep  of the organization are member countries, these  member countries failure to pay their  usual dues constitute the major   challenges of the UNESCO.
In addition, the  vast territories under the coverage of UNESCO equally constitute a challenge to the over all efficient administration of the  organization. This  has given rise  to  mismanagement and waste of funds in  some areas of note.  In school most of the giant  donors  like USSR, Britain, America  has  joined the third world countries  to become  demanders.  Their demands  are multitudinous  and UNESCO is really finding the demand very challenging.   

JSSCE
Junior  School Certificate Examination  is the  examination organized by the National  Examination council (NECO)  for those in  the second cadre of the  6334 educational  system operated by Nigeria.
The examination enables a transition  from  Junior  Secondary at their  third year  after sitting  for  the exam with  a minimum of ten subjects and  must  obtain at least six passes  include in English  and Mathematics.  
This  JSCE is meant to certify that students has reached the required criteria for moving over to the senior secondary level.

PROBLEMS FACING JSCE
 Starting from the year 2006, the JSCE has been confronted with a lot of challenges.  Notable among them  is financial problems . I has been a clog on the  wheel of JSCE because of the improper funding and low  finance  generation in meeting up with her yearly demands of organizing  exams and issuing certificates. There is problems also on how to pay the various staffs  of the JSCE and  other things which  requires money.
Another major    problem is how to effectively teach thirteen or all the required subjects  in Junior secondary school for the student  to pass as  much  as required.
In addition,  the  students, the teacher also constitute a prolem  because  the teachers has the role of teaching effectively while  the students has their own role of studying  to make these  achievable  is a problem facing the JSCE in Nigeria amongst other.
In conclusion, it has  been surveyed that  these academic institutions were established with some aims and objectives. These they  have carried out in the midst of challenges starting form their various periods of  establishment till date. They are faced with various degrees of challenges trying to  undermine    its aims and objectives for its establishment . These are what have been variously x-rayed  with the aim of providing recourse to the continual and successful operation of those  organizations as discussed above.
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