Akwa Ibom crashes to second-lowest in 2026 NECO as Abia, Ebonyi lead
PREMIUM TIMES’ review of the roadmap shows that it identified several structural weaknesses in the state’s education system, including inadequate teaching staff, a student-teacher ratio of 120:1, poorly trained teachers, teachers assigned to subjects outside their areas of specialisation, inadequate modern teaching aids, computer illiteracy among teachers, poor counselling, low teacher motivation and inadequate welfare programmes.
Government keeps mum PREMIUM TIMES contacted the Commissioner for Education, Ubong Umoh, seeking the government’s explanation for the state’s performance.
The newspaper’s analysis also found that Akwa Ibom’s education allocation was lower as a share of the state budget than those of several southern states that performed considerably better in the 2026 NECO ranking.
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