The Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. Ntim Fordjour has attributed the country’s incredible performance recorded in the 2023 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to the contributions of its outstanding teachers.
He stated since the inception of the WASSCE, the country has not recorded a 50% pass mark with a score of A1 to C6 in the core subjects, i.e., English Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Integrated Science.
The minister, however, noted that jinx was broken in 2020 with the first graduates of the free SHS policy achieving the feat where a minimum of 50% of the students had A1 to C6 in core subjects.
Mr. Ntim Fordjour indicated that the 2023 WASSCE result shows the best the country had recorded in the history of the WASSCE. He explained that 76% of the students had A1 to C4 in Social Studies, 73% obtained A1 to C4 in English Language, 62% secured A1 to C4 in Mathematics, and 63% were also scored in Integrated Science.
Speaking further the Deputy Education Minister, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Assin South in the Central Region, said the efforts and dedication of the teacher(s) who ensured such achievement was attainable must be recommended rather than undermining the success of these students.
Rev. Fordjour made this known on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Koforidua during the Eastern Regional Education Directorate’s 2024 Outstanding Achievement Awards for its staff under the theme: INSPIRING CHANGE: RECOVERY BEGINS WITH TEACHERS.
The Regional Education Director, Ivy Asantewa Owusu (PhD), underscores the roles of teachers, adding that ‘teachers were born to inspire, change to embrace, change to create and change to change the world.’
“We believe that the child today is the groundbreaker tomorrow and the mold in which they are incubated and formed is the heart of that great outstanding education worker,” added Ivy Owusu.
AWARD SCHEME
A 40-year-old Economics tutor of the Abuakwa State College (ABUSCO) in Akyim Kyebi, Terkpertey Michael Tetteh, was crowned the ultimate winner of the 2024 Eastern Regional Ghana Education Service (GES) Outstanding Achievement Award.
He walked home with a brand-new Toyota Yaris saloon car as the ultimate prize for the winner.
Michael Tetteh is married with 3 kids and has taught for 15 year.
Expressing his delightfulness, Mr. Terkpertey said “I boarded Trotro to the program, but here I am driving my own car home, and this should tell us that there is a reward in the teaching profession,” he told KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH.
For his part, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Professor Emmanuel Adow Obeng, who chaired the program, entreated the government to invest in teachers and provide them with the needed resources coupled with support, and respect that deemed their sacrifices and efforts in pushing them to deliver their core mandate as expected.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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