No Obuasi School Scored Zero Percent in 2011 BECE

Obuasi, Sept. 29, GNA - Despite the generally poor results of schools in the 2011 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), no school in the Obuasi municipality scored zero per cent.

Out of the total of 4,659 candidates presented for the examination, records at the systems unit put the total number of failures at 85. Mr Johnny Owusu-Boadi, Municipal Director of education who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency at Obuasi, added that the Municipality hoped to maintain its first position on the national ranking.

The municipality had since 2004 placed first, except in 2008 when it fell to the second position but regained its top position the following year with 95.81 per cent and consolidated it in 2010 with an improved score of 96.93 per cent. Mr Owusu-Boadi pointed out that the Municipality targeted 100 per cent for 2011 and put in place a number of strategies to achieve that but since it could not materialize, efforts would be made to record that feat in 2012.

The Municipal Director said he had made the heads of the Junior High Schools (JHS) aware that non-performance in the BECE would be one of the yardsticks to cause their

transfers. "At the moment, all the heads of schools that failed to impress in the 2011 BECE

would be invited to my office for one-on-one discussion to find solutions to their

problems", he said. Mr. Owusu-Boadi however commended the heads and teachers in the Municipality for

their dedication and commitment which had placed basic education on the highest pedestal in the country.

He was full of praise for the Municipal Chief Executive and the Municipal Assembly for their support towards educational activities and infrastructural development which had motivated teacher commitment.

The Municipal Director gave the assurance that his outfit would sustain its supervisory

and monitoring roles to keep teachers, pupils and students alive to their duties.