Angry secondary school students set classrooms ablaze over mass failure .

Today, blocks of classrooms were set ablaze in Oyo, Oyo State, marking the worst phase of secondary school students’ unrest that began days ago over mass failure in exams, PremiumTimes reports. . . The classrooms set on fire were at Isale Community High School, Oyo Town. But students elsewhere have threatened to cause similar damage to public property in their schools. . Crisis erupted on Monday following mass failure in the last promotion examinations across secondary schools in Oyo State.
The Oyo State Government set a new promotion policy which meant only students with 50% in Mathematics and English language will transit to the next class. . . On Monday, students of Anglican secondary school in Oyo unleashed mayhem on their teachers and destroyed billboards bearing Gov. Ajimobi’s picture."