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This study reviewed causes and effect of mass failure of Mathematics in Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The sample of 230 respondents was used for the study. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources obtained by the use of a well structured questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics while the relationship between the variables of the model was tested using Correlation Matrix analysis. The result of the correlation Matrix shows that Quality of Mathematics Teachers (QMT) is inversely related to mass failure in Mathematics. This means that an increase in quality of mathematics teacher will lead to a 12.0% reduction in mass failure in mathematics in the selected Secondary Schools in Benue State Nigeria. Students socio-economic background is directly related to mass failure in Mathematics in the selected Secondary Schools in Benue State Nigeria. This means that a unit increase in Students socio-economic background will lead to a 23.9 % increase in mass failure in mathematics in the selected Secondary Schools in Benue State Nigeria. The result of the correlation matrix indicates that Interest of Students is inversely related to mass failure in Mathematics. This means that an increase in interest of students will lead to a 24.5% reduction in mass failure in mathematics in the selected Secondary Schools in Benue State Nigeria. This study concludes that there are mass failure in public examinations among secondary school students in the selected Secondary Schools in Benue State Nigeria. It recommended among others that teachers should develop positive relationship with students and stress classroom activities, that will involve active teaching-learning process and ignite their interest and students’ participation in the class. Students should create enough time for personal practice of mathematics questions in order for it to be part of them.
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