SHS students using social media language in exams

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• Herbert 11 years ago

  Mark them down

  Mark them down

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• Kay 11 years ago

  The other time they said it was pidgin English this time around it is social media short-hand,WAEC and its teachers are just lazy confused examiners.

  The other time they said it was pidgin English this time around it is social media short-hand,WAEC and its teachers are just lazy confused examiners.

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• GHFUO: nyantakyi, 1/9aa must go ASAP! 11 years ago

  IF U HAVE AN IRRESOPNSBILE PRESIDENT, USELESS GFA, USELESS COACH. WHY WONT YOU HAVE STUDENTS USING BECOS AND BEFORE?....NO SCH FEEDING HENCE THE USE OF THE "WORD" B4....

  IF U HAVE AN IRRESOPNSBILE PRESIDENT, USELESS GFA, USELESS COACH. WHY WONT YOU HAVE STUDENTS USING BECOS AND BEFORE?....NO SCH FEEDING HENCE THE USE OF THE "WORD" B4....

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• KWADWO 11 years ago

  CHECK IT BEFORE IT BECOMES OFFICIAL WORKING LANGUAGE OF GHANA

  CHECK IT BEFORE IT BECOMES OFFICIAL WORKING LANGUAGE OF GHANA

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• me 11 years ago

  Part of NDC's agenda to create pseudo intellectuals in Ghana on-going. Prof. Atta Mess started and is being continued by Judgement Debt Manager (JDM). Oh Ghana, Ghana, Ghana, you are being brought to your knees by these thiev ...
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  Part of NDC's agenda to create pseudo intellectuals in Ghana on-going. Prof. Atta Mess started and is being continued by Judgement Debt Manager (JDM). Oh Ghana, Ghana, Ghana, you are being brought to your knees by these thieves.

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• Osei 11 years ago

  Far-fetched analysis

  Far-fetched analysis

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• Mac 11 years ago

  We have a lot of literates in Ghana but sadly we have very few educated people. Social media is corrupting our young ones and you are here jumping into partisan politics. Tweaaa

  We have a lot of literates in Ghana but sadly we have very few educated people. Social media is corrupting our young ones and you are here jumping into partisan politics. Tweaaa

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• inside Africa 11 years ago

  NDC is destroying Ghana and we have these fools who are glorifying them. They don't know NDC is fooling them. Poor Ewes!

  NDC is destroying Ghana and we have these fools who are glorifying them. They don't know NDC is fooling them. Poor Ewes!

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• Mac 11 years ago

  Putting down your opponent will not bring you success. What has NDC got to do with a student using social media shorthand in exams?
  We have a lot of literates in Ghana but sadly we have very few educated people. Social media ...
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  Putting down your opponent will not bring you success. What has NDC got to do with a student using social media shorthand in exams?
  We have a lot of literates in Ghana but sadly we have very few educated people. Social media is corrupting our young ones and you are here jumping into partisan politics. Tweaaa

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• DEE 11 years ago

  What has NDC and ewes got to do with the issue we are talking about here?

  What has NDC and ewes got to do with the issue we are talking about here?

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• ISAAC BOSSMAN 11 years ago

  MR AGNES YOU BRTTER START PUTTING A BIG STOP TO THIS OR ELSE SOMETHING

  MR AGNES YOU BRTTER START PUTTING A BIG STOP TO THIS OR ELSE SOMETHING

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• kill me 11 years ago

  Is common thing in ghana now, even the president use the same when chatting with his ministers. Even in parliament using Twaeeeeeee is common for them . What a country.

  Is common thing in ghana now, even the president use the same when chatting with his ministers. Even in parliament using Twaeeeeeee is common for them . What a country.

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• yaw 11 years ago

  very bad students

  very bad students

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• king karim 11 years ago

  and what do u want us to say/ mr WAEC

  and what do u want us to say/ mr WAEC

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• Tekonline.org 11 years ago

  It is inevitable that the youth would indulge in whatever is cool and fashionable. And this can be habit-forming, as we are witnessing in WASSCE performance.
  
  One way out is to MOTIVATE the youth in better directions: Give ...
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  It is inevitable that the youth would indulge in whatever is cool and fashionable. And this can be habit-forming, as we are witnessing in WASSCE performance.
  
  One way out is to MOTIVATE the youth in better directions: Give annual awards for best literary skills through essay writing contests.
  
  More importantly, make other things in the digital word more fashionable -- like CREATING APPS. Establish hackathons on campuses with very attractive awards and prizes.
  
  What I cannot understand is why East African youth are so different. Even though they also indulge in the texting way of expressing themselves, spend countless time on FaceBook, and regularly use WhatsApp and SnapChat, they STILL spend an inordinate amount of time doing what is coolest in East Africa -- CREATING APPS.
  
  Why can't our Ghanaian youth also find such intellectual pursuits fashionable? After all, creating apps is capable of leading to enormous personal wealth. What can be cooler than that?!

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• Tekonline.org 11 years ago

  Kenyan youth drive mobile applications frenzy
  
  
  
  NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s Fatma Balala’s stunning looks and oratory skills grant her automatic qualification for a marketing career, yet the 25 year old female is mor ...
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  Kenyan youth drive mobile applications frenzy
  
  
  
  NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s Fatma Balala’s stunning looks and oratory skills grant her automatic qualification for a marketing career, yet the 25 year old female is more comfortable in the brain wracking technology world.
  
  As an accomplished scholar, Balala is passionate on mentoring young Kenyans to realize their future dreams and contribute to their country’s transformation.
  
  Like millions of ambitious Kenyan youth, Balala is convinced that technologies and innovations will catapult the East African nation to the next level of socio-economic progress.
  
  She was among dozens of students who graduated from a course in mobile technology and innovations run by Safaricom and Strathmore University.
  
  Balala was feted for developing the most innovative mobile application that seeks to enhance management of students’ academic timetable.
  
  “Having been a tutor for several years, I am aware that poor time management and financial stress are major hiccups to a student’s academic performance. These shortcomings inspired me to develop a mobile application to enhance real time management for learners,” Balala told Xinhua in Nairobi.
  
  She graduated with masters in mobile telecommunications and innovations and hopes to reach out to learning institutions to sell the new application on time management.
  
  Dozens of students who graduated with masters in mobile telecommunications and innovations had developed outstanding applications that would change the Kenyan society if commercialized.
  
  The alumni of Safaricom Academy hosted at Strathmore University have come up with unique mobile applications that would promote e- commerce, education, public transport, arts and culture.
  
  Established in 2010, the Safaricom academy has been a training ground for young innovators.
  
  “A strong partnership with academic institutions has catalyzed development of mobile applications that address challenges facing the society. Mobile technology has fuelled transformation in critical areas like agriculture, health, transport and financial services,” said Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore.
  
  He challenged students to utilize modern technologies to earn a living while solving social evils like poverty, crime and conflicts.
  
  Kenyan youth, famed for their emotional attachment to a mobile phone have discovered that this gadget can be harnessed to create sustainable income and address myriad social ills.
  
  A rise in traffic accidents and the attendant fatalities pricked the conscience of Kenga Moseti who felt that technology could strengthen response to this challenge.
  
  The 26-year-old graduate has developed a mobile application titled CrashData to enable traffic police collect accurate data at accident scenes.
  
  “In Kenya, 3000 people die annually from road accidents yet there is no electronic data that can be retrieved by traffic authorities and civilians to inform the next course of action,” Moseti said.
  
  The CrashData is a mobile application hosted on Android platform to enable traffic police collect and store accident data.
  
  “This application utilizes camera, google maps, video and GPS to verify location and causes of accidents,” Moseti told Xinhua.
  
  He revealed that discussions with National Police Service have commenced to explore the adoption of the mobile application.
  
  Kenyan Academic institutions support public private partnerships to enhance the commercialization of youth-led innovations.
  
  Professor Izael Pereira Da Silva, the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic and Student Affairs in Strathmore University, emphasized that policy and regulatory incentives are key to the flourishing of youth innovations and entrepreneurship.
  
  “We have reached out to the private sector to help students incubate and commercialize their ideas,” Da Silva told Xinhua.
  
  He revealed that Strathmore University has partnered with technology giants to mentor students on the basic tenets of entrepreneurship.
  
  Past graduates of the Safaricom Academy Mobile Telecommunication and Innovation Masters Program have initiated thriving businesses that have created jobs.
  
  Caine Kamau, the Director of FlashCast which is a local start- up that installs digital screens in buses, is convinced that mobile applications herald fortunes for Kenyan youth.
  
  Kamau established FlashCast after graduating from Safaricom Academy in 2011.
  
  “Innovations must benefit the society and ease social and business interactions,” Kamau said.
  
  His company has installed 20 screens on buses plying four routes within Nairobi. Mobile Applications developed by young innovators at Strathmore University focus on solving social and economic challenges.
  
  The Director of Strathmore University-affiliated innovation hub, aILabAfrica, Dr Joseph Sevilla told Xinhua that mobile applications developed by this year’s graduates have commercial value.
  
  “We have provided training and mentorship to the innovators to enable them to set up companies, raise capital and advertise their brands,”Sevilla revealed.

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• aba 11 years ago

  what has this input got to do with students using social media langauge in writing certified exams in ghana. or you think we have not heard about Fatma Balala

  what has this input got to do with students using social media langauge in writing certified exams in ghana. or you think we have not heard about Fatma Balala

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• Tekonline.org 11 years ago

  The gist of my comment is to let students not to be too attached to just using Social Media language, but rather spend more time learning about more brainy activities such as app creation.
  
  The process of learning app crea ...
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  The gist of my comment is to let students not to be too attached to just using Social Media language, but rather spend more time learning about more brainy activities such as app creation.
  
  The process of learning app creation would involve reading books and articles, activities that would also encourage the proper use of the English language, especially during critical events in their lives such as taking standardized exams.
  
  It's all about mindset -- what really constitutes "coolness".

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• Tekonline.org 11 years ago

  And Aba, while we are at it, you might have heard also of Phiona Namirimu and Betty Mukhalu:
  
  www.bbc.com/news/business-18956031
  
  Gives an entirely new meaning to the phrase "beauty and brains".

  And Aba, while we are at it, you might have heard also of Phiona Namirimu and Betty Mukhalu:
  
  www.bbc.com/news/business-18956031
  
  Gives an entirely new meaning to the phrase "beauty and brains".

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• able 11 years ago

  this is just a lie WAEC has framed to cover their asses, do students use social media language in writing maths and science too?

  this is just a lie WAEC has framed to cover their asses, do students use social media language in writing maths and science too?

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• shaibu abdul wasiu 11 years ago

  i think the present should get good and qualities cc cameras so it will help reduce exams malpractice .....

  i think the present should get good and qualities cc cameras so it will help reduce exams malpractice .....

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• DDKT 11 years ago

  We must hold the gov't accountable. the have relegated our educational sector to back nd promoted massive corruption with impunity. the three/four yrs policy is been manipulated by imcubent nd previous has now emerge as a ret ...
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  We must hold the gov't accountable. the have relegated our educational sector to back nd promoted massive corruption with impunity. the three/four yrs policy is been manipulated by imcubent nd previous has now emerge as a retrogress for that is out to haunt us. excess multi-ethinic politics has left the fate of our future leaders in the hands of a moster cálled bad governance nd polirization

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• /// 11 years ago

  GHANA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO INDEPENDENT STATES. EVERYBOADY SHOULD GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS. GHANA DOES NOT WORK

  GHANA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO INDEPENDENT STATES. EVERYBOADY SHOULD GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS. GHANA DOES NOT WORK

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• pope alex 11 years ago

  please my daughter two subjects are witheld please will this come before admission into schools begins

  please my daughter two subjects are witheld please will this come before admission into schools begins

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• Yaw Darko 11 years ago

  4 years course done in 3 years, what do you expect? The government shouldn't hide behind social media language story and they should go back to the four years as done in former administration. Very bad results and the ministe ...
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  4 years course done in 3 years, what do you expect? The government shouldn't hide behind social media language story and they should go back to the four years as done in former administration. Very bad results and the minister should step down.

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• Misky 11 years ago

  Education should'nt be kept in politics.yes in the senc that,many of us,who sat for exams were not settled and even after the papers were written.becuase we do'nt know how it'll take the governor to setle teachers inorder fo ...
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  Education should'nt be kept in politics.yes in the senc that,many of us,who sat for exams were not settled and even after the papers were written.becuase we do'nt know how it'll take the governor to setle teachers inorder for us to well be tought.

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