Let teachers set their own questions – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has said it is unhappy that the Ghana Education Service (GES) tasks external examiners to set the End of Term Examination questions for pupils in basic schools.

It said teachers, head teachers and circuit supervisors must rather be equipped with the necessary skills and expertise to adequately assess the pupils at all levels because it was the surest way to give the pupils quality education and demystify examination in the country.

Mr. Mathew Adjarjah, the head of Professional Development Unit of GNAT, stated GNAT’s position at an Assessment Training Workshop at Cape Coast for 120 Subject Teachers, drawn from five regions across the country, at the weekend.

The Association said the practice was an affront to the teaching profession, and it had the tendency of compromising professionalism, therefore, it must be discouraged at all levels.

“Teachers don’t set questions anymore, we are told that some people bring their own schemes and sometimes those schemes are in conflict with the GES approved ones,” GNAT complained.