Stop the theater, take exams on board, not new – Minister of Education to Teachers

General News of Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Source: starrfm.com.gh

2019-04-03

The Ghana Education Service has expressed concern over the teachers' decision to share images on social media and the way in which they are forced to write the questions of the second semester exam so that their students can answer to.

Ghana's social media space is currently flooded with photos of teachers writing exam questions on the blackboard.

Many Ghanaians have expressed their anger over social media facing the development that they describe as embarrbading for the nation. The Ghana Education Service, which runs schools in the country, has not commented on the photos yet.

Reports suggest, however, that the funds needed to print exam questions have not been sent to schools by the central government.

Speaking with Francis Abban on Wednesday morning, Starr, Ministry of Education spokesman Vincent Assafuah, said that although the capitation grant, which was to be used to print the proofs deferred, the teachers were wrong to dramatize the situation.

"Why dramatization? Is it because the teachers were getting money from what was paid earlier and they are not getting it now? So, are they angry? Writing on the board is not a new phenomenon. How did they write their clbad test? If this is the only way for poor people to get an education, so be it.

"Yesterday, half of the money needed to print the papers was paid. We agree that payment is delayed, but our teachers should not play a dramatic role. I have a sullen look and that is unacceptable, because teachers who dramatize with the situation are not called, "he said.

Meanwhile, an education consultant and a member of Ghana's National Education Coalition, Kofi Asare, lamented the current situation, saying that it took a lot of time in Ghana.

"Ineffectiveness brings us back to ten years ago. Writing on charts affects the performance of students in the BECE exams. This ambulance service approach in our area of ​​education needs to be examined. Capitation scholarships have not been sent to schools since the beginning of the school year. We have engaged the government on this issue many times. We must understand that a school can not be run without money.

"We are tired of English and grammar from the Ministry of Education. We want to see action. Do not give the impression that because the Free SHS is a political promise, we must pay attention to it and neglect basic education, which is a constitutional right, "he told Abban Wednesday.