President John Dramani Mahama has attributed the hot deficient efficiency within the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to long-standing overlook of elementary schooling.

Speaking on the National Launch of STEMBox for Basic Schools on December 4, President Mahama described the WASSCE effects as a question of nationwide worry, stressing that oldsters, the federal government, and the broader public all have reason why to fret.

“ it has become an issue of great concern to governments, parents, and the public at large,” he said.

The president printed that he has directed the schooling minister to entirely analyze the examiners’ report back to resolve the standards in the back of the deficient effects.

“I was speaking with the minister, and I’ve asked him to do an analysis of the examiner’s report to try and decipher what could have gone so disastrously wrong,” he stated.
“It is mind-boggling that with the same teachers, the same factors in play, just from one batch to another, one batch does so disastrously. And so we need to get to the bottom of it.”

President Mahama famous that the deficient efficiency highlights deep-rooted weaknesses in foundational schooling.

“But it also emphasises the issue of foundational learning. One of the major things that has taken place in the last several years is the neglect of basic education,” he stated.
“Inability to send the capitation grants, ensuring that we have quality teachers at a foundational level, at a basic level. Because it is that level that prepares the child for secondary and tertiary education.”

Using a manufacturing unit analogy, the president warned that vulnerable foundational schooling inevitably produces deficient educational results.

“And once you don’t get that level right, you will just send the child through a conveyor belt like a factory. And when it comes out at the end, it will be picked out by quality control and said that this one did not do well,” he defined.

He stressed out that each and every kid will have to gain elementary literacy and numeracy talents ahead of transferring directly to secondary schooling.

“And so our focus must be on foundational learning. And foundational learning means that by the time a child leaves primary school, they should be able to read properly. By the time the child leaves primary school, they should be able to write properly. By the time the child leaves primary school, they should be able to do basic arithmetic,” President Mahama stated.
“If we are able to get our children to get these three things right—writing, reading, and arithmetic—then they have the foundation to continue into secondary education.”

He expressed worry that some pupils entire elementary faculty with out mastering even elementary writing talents.

“Otherwise, it will be a factory that is just pushing them through and pushing them through. And at the end of it, you have the situation where a child finishes basic school and sometimes still finds it difficult to write his name,” he lamented.

On exam integrity, the president made it transparent that strict administration is probably not comfortable.

“Vigilance is not going to go away. Invigilation is not going to go away,” he stated.
“And so we must make sure that the children are well prepared on their own to be able to study and pass the exams that are awaiting for them.”

President Mahama added that pressing reforms will likely be rolled out after the examiners’ record is absolutely reviewed.

“And so, I’ve asked the minister, and he’s told the director-general of the GES to study the examiner’s report, and let’s see what quick reforms we can carry out in order that our children get a quality education,” he said.

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