The writing of exam questions on the board has harmful consequences – President of NAGRAT

General News on Thursday, April 4, 2019

Source: primenewsghana.com

2019-04-04

NAGRAT, president of the National Association of Graduate Teachers, Angel Carbonu said that writing exam questions on blackboards by teachers had very detrimental consequences on teaching and learning. ;learning.

This follows photographs by some teachers, particularly those in the Ashanti region, writing exam questions on blackboards that have become viral. The situation also stems from a directive by the Ghana Education Service to stop the payment and collection of printing costs, and thus to reimburse the sums collected from students.

In an interview with Starr News, Angel Carbonu, president of NAGRAT, said development would compromise exams and affect academic work.

& # 39; & # 39; Schools always write on the board, mostly because of proximity issues, lack of resources or staff. If schools took exam fees to facilitate the printing of papers, there was a deficit and the teacher had to teach. Thus, the teacher uses writing on the board, which has very harmful consequences on teaching and learning. Once the examination fees used for printing have been removed, the teacher has no choice but to write on the board. Consequences very negative but what choice do you have? he questioned.

Moreover, GES spokesman Vincent Assafuah, reacting to the latest development, said that even if the payment of the capitation scholarship, which was to be used to print the examinations late, 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 go to school, so be it. "

"Yesterday, half of the money needed to print the papers was paid. We agree that the payment is delayed, but our teachers should not play dramas, it's unpleasant and it's unacceptable, because teachers who dramatize with the situation are not called, "he said. added.

In addition, an education consultant and a member of Ghana's National Education Coalition, Kofi Asare, said the current situation took Ghana many years back. He also added that writing on the charts had an impact on student performance on the BECE exams.