If students themselves could come to grips with themselves, and be serious for a while, impressed teachers will be willing to help them
The most easily noticeable reason for student’ failure is the issue of incompetent and sub-standard teachers. Many teachers that have gained employment in schools are either lazy or incompetent or how does one explain a situation where students take chalk from a teacher start to other students simply because the teacher has failed woefully to assert authority by teaching well? Students that are taught by such teachers will pass their examinations only if they make personal efforts by attending extra mural programs.
Additionally. Students who fail their examinations are pardonable because there are not enough relevant books. Even where there are relevant books many students do not have adequate guidance to which books will help them best. For example, candidates who have failed English Language twice, need a book which teaches candidates how to write correct sentences, give explanations to serve as guide and reference for the candidate. But how does a candidate determine the value of a book in the absence of a good teacher?
Furthermore, the candidate fails their papers sometimes because some examiners are harsh on them. As a student. I have heard of cases where an examiner is harsh on them. As a student. I have heard of cases where an examiner will have quarreled with his wife or husband before going to the marking center. As a result of the anger, he or she feels. Candidates’ papers would be marked just anyhow. This is unfair if it is true that it sometimes happens. This, to psychologists, is known as displaced aggression and it is not encouraged.
But to give fairness a chance, some candidates are the architect of their own misfortune and failure. This is because many of them attend parties, refuse to read, and play away their time instead of studying hard for the examinations. Some even believe in the power of magic or talisman for success, but, they have often been proved wrong.
Finally, while we can assume that student fails their examinations because of their personal un-seriousness, a lot more students fail regularly because of strong external factors. These factors include incompetent teachers, the inadequacy of books and hard examiners. However, if students themselves could come to grips with themselves, and be serious for a while, impressed teachers will be willing to help them.* item