West Gomoa District is worried because of the poor performance of BECE
The West Gomoa District Directorate of Education is concerned about the poor performance of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the district for the past two years.
The directorate said the candidates’ performance dropped from 69.86 percent in 2021 to 61 percent in 2022.
The directorate also blamed the high attrition rate of teachers in the district which plays a major role in student performance.
The inadequate number of teachers in the district is also widely blamed for the drop in the pass rate of candidates in BECE.
Currently, there is a teacher ratio of 450 in the district according to the records of the District Education Directorate.
Other factors, such as inadequate desks for students, inappropriate infrastructure, and electricity, also reduce student motivation and, in the case of some students, lead to absenteeism and low enrollment rates.
The district is also concerned by the low enrollment rate recorded for the 2022/2023 academic year.
In Gomoa Abutia, only 5 students have registered for upper primary school according to the directorate, and these students are worried about the challenge.
The district director of education, Madam Cecilia Aboagye, is disturbed and wants to find ways to prevent teachers from seeking transfer from the district, but she is powerless and wants the Ghana Education Service to send adequate teaching staff to the district.
Member of Parliament for Gomoa West Richard Gyan Mensah also lamented the poor records and inadequate teachers in the district.
He suggested that the last option available to tackle the problem of teacher deficit is to seek help from the National Service Scheme and other teacher training institutes in the central region.
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