Two schools at Akwadum score zero percent

Koforidua, Sept. 28, GNA - Mr Alex Asamoah, the New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, has expressed disappointment about the performance of teachers in Akwadum Municipal Assembly “A” Junior High School (JHS) and Nyerede Regional Council JHS and said they are the cause of the two schools’ abysmal performance in the 2011 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

“If they were pupil teachers, one would have understood but they are all trained teachers who the government had trained to come and manage the schools and yet these two schools scored zero percent. We cannot just sit and look at them to manage the school anyhow,” he said.

Mr. Asamoah said due to some internal wrangling among the teachers in those two schools, the pupils were not given the required tuition which could enable them excel academically.

“I have asked the Education Director to investigate properly and bring me detailed reasons why the teachers did that and why those schools performed poorly. After that, I will know exactly what actions to take against them,” he said.

He, however, expressed satisfaction at the performance of the education Directorate for recording an improved general performance this year.

The Municipality increased its performance by four per cent from 69 per cent in 2010 to 73 per cent this year.

Twenty-five out of the 83 schools in the municipality scored 100 per cent which showed an increment of five as compared to last year and the number of candidates who scored aggregate six increased from 51 to 52.

Mr. Augustus Nii Lante Cleland, the New Juaben Municipal Education Director, said girls performed lower than boys as most of them obtained aggregate 25 and beyond.

Mr Cleland said out of the 10 candidates who were absent, only three were boys and they were absent because they left their schools after registration to different towns.

“For the girls, two got pregnant, two others were indisposed during the examinations and three stopped attending school after registration,” he said.

He expressed satisfaction about the improved performance, “even though as an urban area, we should have scored more than 90 percent,” and called on his teachers, stakeholders of education and Heads of Basic schools to work out new strategies and innovations to improve performance next year.