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The recent research findings by the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) on what may be contributing to poor performance by pupils in mathematics is mind-boggling.
The report by APHRC showed teachers could be the source of poor performance. It blames the poor performance on ignorance among teachers. The organisation tested mathematics skills of students from many schools and the average score was 60 per cent for teachers while the average score for the students was 46 per cent.
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