Poor performance in BECE worrying – Minister

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The mask 10 years ago

The current administration (executive, parliament, judiciary) must provide the National Commission on Civic Education with the necessary resources its needs to perform its responsibilities now.

In order to perform its duti ...
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The current administration (executive, parliament, judiciary) must provide the National Commission on Civic Education with the necessary resources its needs to perform its responsibilities now.

In order to perform its duties the NCCE must hold quizzes and debates especially amongst school children. The NCCE must also publish the winners of all past competitions or broadcast the competitions to increase civic awareness.

The state owned media must help NCCE in this regard without charging.
AMASAMAN 10 years ago

NDC LOVES POOR, ILLITERATE, VULNERABLE KAYAYEIS AND TROKOSIS BCOS THEY ARE SO IGNORANT THAT THEY VOTE BLINDLY

NDC LOVES POOR, ILLITERATE, VULNERABLE KAYAYEIS AND TROKOSIS BCOS THEY ARE SO IGNORANT THAT THEY VOTE BLINDLY
Globe trotter 10 years ago

In his recent state of the nation, the president your boss stated that you guys have made moderate agains in education. Bloody liars. You can't fool all the people all the time.

In his recent state of the nation, the president your boss stated that you guys have made moderate agains in education. Bloody liars. You can't fool all the people all the time.
JENGBERA JENGBE 10 years ago

Fancy speeches to big crowds on big days is all very well. But will you first take ownership of and responsibility for this goal of improving BECE results in the region? There are tried and tested ways and means of improving ...
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Fancy speeches to big crowds on big days is all very well. But will you first take ownership of and responsibility for this goal of improving BECE results in the region? There are tried and tested ways and means of improving poor school performance: you should've moved swiftly on to what would be 'the Marshal Plan' to reclaim high standards and restore good performance in our schools by doing everything in your armoury including both throwing the kitchen sink at it and moving the cavalry (the battalion of the Ghana Armed Forces stationed in Wa) into those schools which require that medicine for discipline to be maintained for academic work to flourish. Under decentralisation, aren't the DCEs and the MCE responsible for Education? And, aren't they district directors and the municipal director responsible for delivering good results in their respective districts? Shouldn't they go if they fail? Surely, it cannot continue to be hunky-dory and, therefore, business as usual when they have failed in their responsibility with such consistency, can it? So, instead of blowing smoke up the arses of public officers in-charge of the education of our children, our regional minister should start torching the anuses of those few officers who are paid to ensure our schools are led by persons capable and willing to deliver great and good results who have a stake in the communities they work in.
AMASAMAN 10 years ago

this ndc propaganda govt cant even buy chalk but they can allocate billions for gyeeda sada subah etc to chop without any accountability and divert national attention to tribal nonsense whilst they continue to rob the state ...
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this ndc propaganda govt cant even buy chalk but they can allocate billions for gyeeda sada subah etc to chop without any accountability and divert national attention to tribal nonsense whilst they continue to rob the state and impoverish us all
AMASAMAN 10 years ago

NDC can build multi billion dollar head quarters but cant buy chalk for schools so why wont we get such a poor performance

NDC can build multi billion dollar head quarters but cant buy chalk for schools so why wont we get such a poor performance
Ghana Asei 10 years ago

THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO CLAIM THEY WILL PROVIDE QUALITY AND FREE EDUCATION.

NATION WRECKERS.

THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO CLAIM THEY WILL PROVIDE QUALITY AND FREE EDUCATION.

NATION WRECKERS.
ATIA FRAFRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

TANII IS STILL TANII, WHAT EVER IT IS. MAHAMA IS TANII, NO BRAINS! !!!!!!!!!!!!

TANII IS STILL TANII, WHAT EVER IT IS. MAHAMA IS TANII, NO BRAINS! !!!!!!!!!!!!
Justice writes from Bronx, New York 10 years ago

And who is to be blamed? NDC Government made these Education into politics and secondly, DUMSOR - DUMSOR contributed most b'cos, they can't light to study in the night. A'nt you ashamed of yourself?

And who is to be blamed? NDC Government made these Education into politics and secondly, DUMSOR - DUMSOR contributed most b'cos, they can't light to study in the night. A'nt you ashamed of yourself?
TerriblY Spe cifi. 10 years ago

Na who caus am? From npp 4 yrs to ndc 3 yrs? Reap what you sow.

Na who caus am? From npp 4 yrs to ndc 3 yrs? Reap what you sow.

KWAKU MANU 10 years ago

Terribly Specific! Am I reading right? When did you begin to see the truth and the light. Truth is NDC three year "Quality Education" has messed up he SHS. The High score which Mahama taunts NPP with in his State of the Natio ...
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Terribly Specific! Am I reading right? When did you begin to see the truth and the light. Truth is NDC three year "Quality Education" has messed up he SHS. The High score which Mahama taunts NPP with in his State of the Nation address is actually results of the 4-year SHS scholars in 2012. Instead of seeing the truth and following it, NDC is destroying Ghana's education so they can continue to deceive the people with cheap propaganda
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago

He will come and lie under his teeth that the Education system in Ghana is at the top notch hence foreign nationals troop to come and have their education. That is the agenda of this Criminal Party whose main agenda is to des ...
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He will come and lie under his teeth that the Education system in Ghana is at the top notch hence foreign nationals troop to come and have their education. That is the agenda of this Criminal Party whose main agenda is to destroy the education system and spew their propaganda message to these weaker links for their votes. E&OE.
Uncle Pee 10 years ago

Why is this minister surprised at the poor performance of the BECE? This is where NDC has brought us.

Why is this minister surprised at the poor performance of the BECE? This is where NDC has brought us.
YIKRA 10 years ago

Look carefully at the calibre of teachers(are they really good) and what is happening at home(do their parents use the children as their slaves?)

CASE CLOSED

Look carefully at the calibre of teachers(are they really good) and what is happening at home(do their parents use the children as their slaves?)

CASE CLOSED
EBBY 10 years ago

Your usage of the word "slaves" is a bit of a hyperbole. We all grew up doing various chores and helping our parents in farms while going to school at the same time. I never considered those activities as slavery because they ...
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Your usage of the word "slaves" is a bit of a hyperbole. We all grew up doing various chores and helping our parents in farms while going to school at the same time. I never considered those activities as slavery because they were absolutely necessary in our poor famlies for survival. I agree with you that the caliber of teachers are very poor nowdays. We get what we are paying for.
Neasack 10 years ago

In Europe these days child;ren starts a free nursery at 3 yrs so when they reach 6 yrs they are better place to write an imaginative composition and more likely to ask their teachers more challenging question and back by chil ...
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In Europe these days child;ren starts a free nursery at 3 yrs so when they reach 6 yrs they are better place to write an imaginative composition and more likely to ask their teachers more challenging question and back by child protection policies no teacher can inhumanly torture any child through beating and humilation that some of us had to live with. However say this to the minister of Education and she thinks you live in a dream world. Yet look at the stories coming out would it not be better to introduce a free kindergarten type of education to our little children to have an early start in life. What the minister of Educaiton is failing to understand is tomorrow children will be Ghana 's future and have our educational system prepared these children enough to challenge authorities that is are our children resilient enough to see Ghana through to our next stage of development in 22nd century. I doubt this and if one tries to share ideas her loud mouth deputy would say something loosely from his anus without thinking it through.
STONER KOBYLYNTON 10 years ago

Neasack, it might be good idea to start with free nursery at age 3 but simple put the qualified teachers are not there. The education system was destroyed by Rawlings hence he sent his children to London to be schooled at the ...
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Neasack, it might be good idea to start with free nursery at age 3 but simple put the qualified teachers are not there. The education system was destroyed by Rawlings hence he sent his children to London to be schooled at the expense of the tax payer but came with his flimsy excuse that some friends of his footed his children's education bills. Recently, you might have heard what Konadu A-Rawlings said, that her relatives helped their children's education.

I once visited a lady friend of mine at UST Secondary School and this lady asked me to help mark her students exam papers. Guess what, after the 3rd paper, I had to retire and never attempted to contract headache. Their English were bad to the extend that, you hardly understood what they were trying to tell. The entire education system needs to be overhauled with emphasis on Teacher Training Colleges which present Administration is not attaching any importance to it.

One thing in Ghana today among students is that they are not cultivating the habit of reading which enhances your speaking and writing capabilities. Even those who have access to internet will go online for one nonsense thing ------porno and that will not do them any good eventually. The country have a long way to go after our 58 useless years of independence. E&OE.
Opong pv 10 years ago

The s stystem is not good

The s stystem is not good
Proud ghanaian 10 years ago

why wnt the standard of education keep fallin when u and ur boss are misusein state resources ,politicising every nonsense happen in ghana just&&&imaging pupils gettin aggregate 45,50,39 etc and u plced such a person to a c ...
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why wnt the standard of education keep fallin when u and ur boss are misusein state resources ,politicising every nonsense happen in ghana just&&&imaging pupils gettin aggregate 45,50,39 etc and u plced such a person to a category( A )school nt even( D )or( C ) wht is such a person going do?causing troubles . Hor, minister even those preparing to sit for BECE EXAMS ARE NT SERIOUS BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT WEATHER FAIL OR PASS HE OR SHE WLL GET PLACEMENT AND U ARE THE CAUSE SO STOP PRETENDIN
Kb 10 years ago

You see what free education can do. No chalk, no text books, dumsor, etc. We need quality. Let parents pay for the education. They will learn to limit the number of children and not breed like rabbits! After 58 years of ...
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You see what free education can do. No chalk, no text books, dumsor, etc. We need quality. Let parents pay for the education. They will learn to limit the number of children and not breed like rabbits! After 58 years of independence, scrap that Northern Scholarships which is discriminatory to the other tribes.

Pensive 10 years ago

Expect more done dis, wen ur so called president doesnt regard teachers

Expect more done dis, wen ur so called president doesnt regard teachers
Aba 10 years ago

When are public schools supposed to close? We over burden the pupils with too much. How can a class one pupil be doing science when he/she can't read . The work load must be reduced

When are public schools supposed to close? We over burden the pupils with too much. How can a class one pupil be doing science when he/she can't read . The work load must be reduced
Don 10 years ago

The subjects these little children learn are too complex for their brains to decipher period!!! Presently the children are quite too young as compared to 10 or 15yrs back where jhs 3 students were almost adults. Reduce the su ...
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The subjects these little children learn are too complex for their brains to decipher period!!! Presently the children are quite too young as compared to 10 or 15yrs back where jhs 3 students were almost adults. Reduce the subjects or better still make it easy for their brains to handle it
Abdul 10 years ago

you the NDC cause everything , how can a student learn in the night without light,

you the NDC cause everything , how can a student learn in the night without light,
THINGS FALL APART 10 years ago

Listen to this shallow minded so called minister -- "School Management Committees, Board of Governors, Parent Teacher Associations and the communities at large should get more involved with the affairs of the schools".
How d ...
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Listen to this shallow minded so called minister -- "School Management Committees, Board of Governors, Parent Teacher Associations and the communities at large should get more involved with the affairs of the schools".
How do they do that?. Responsibility without authority?. How do they do get involved, now that your brother Mahama and the NDC do not give them the tools to work with?.
Go to the Flagstaff House and talk to your controversial brother Mahama and he will listen to you.... Stupid!.
Everything is falling apart for the past 6 yrs.. WHY?.
Queen 10 years ago

HOW DO THEY STUDY WITHOUT LIGHT? ADUMDUM ADUMDUM! AND YOU ARE STEALING EVEN SCHOOL KIDS MONEY. THIEVES

HOW DO THEY STUDY WITHOUT LIGHT? ADUMDUM ADUMDUM! AND YOU ARE STEALING EVEN SCHOOL KIDS MONEY. THIEVES
nsem pii 10 years ago

Is very annoying to even comment on those kids failures.

Is very annoying to even comment on those kids failures.

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