One Exam, One Chance: Is Ghana's BECE failing our children?

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• Raphael Agyei Ofori 3 months ago

  This article is powerful. I suggest our leaders read this article and act on it.
  May God bless you

  This article is powerful. I suggest our leaders read this article and act on it.
  May God bless you

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• Shadrack Agyei Konadu 3 months ago

  Big minds like these are needed in our Education sector to help reform the sector.
  
  Nice one Dr.

  Big minds like these are needed in our Education sector to help reform the sector.
  
  Nice one Dr.

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• Esinam 3 months ago

  Good one. Hope GES, ministry of Education etc will see this article and consider such reforms

  Good one. Hope GES, ministry of Education etc will see this article and consider such reforms

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• Ghanaba baa 3 months ago

  Thank you, this is a good start to the debate on education as a whole, and how to assess outcomes.
  
  To begin with, we need to critically rethink what we set out to assess at the various levels - your question in Par 7 for ...
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  Thank you, this is a good start to the debate on education as a whole, and how to assess outcomes.
  
  To begin with, we need to critically rethink what we set out to assess at the various levels - your question in Par 7 for example, brings to the fore how important it is to establish this. Are we seeking to assess skills learned, knowledge acquired and the demonstration of understanding, as well as the ability to apply these to problem-solve, analyse and evaluate what we are taught? To suggest that assessment is primarily about measuring "abilities" and "intelligence" is one of the banes of our educational system as it currently stands. As you rightly suggest we have a wide range of skills which are critical for success in life but absent from our assessments - about time the debate began.

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