The Agona West Municipal Assembly has expressed concern about the poor performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results in the area, in spite of the huge investments being made into basic education.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Xlp1o1V6LjN5XmTsgSjXXxJexCtkhl7r”]Mr. Samuel Oppong, Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), raised the concern when he addressed the first Ordinary Meeting of the first session of the 7th Agona West Municipal Assembly.
He said out of a total of 2,301 candidates who sat for the examination (BECE) in 2015, 1,672 passed whiles 629 failed.
Mr. Oppong noted as unfortunate the fact that the financial support offered by the Agona West Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has not helped to improve the situation.
The MCE said the Municipal Education Oversight Committee has been assigned the responsibility of identifying the causes of the poor performance.
He said the central government and Agona West Municipal Assembly would not shirk their responsibilities to ensure that children of school going age receive quality education.
Mr. Frank Yeboah, Assembly member for Lower Bobikuma, also said the poor performance of BECE could be attributed to poor preparation towards the examinations by various schools.
He said it would be better for the GES Directorate to set the mock questions for the BECE than allowing the various heads to set their own questions.
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Source: GNA