Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, the Minister of Education, has challenged stakeholders in the education sector to remain active in encouraging students to aim for excellence.
According to her, contrary to the perception that the system was failing, there are clear indications that much was being achieved through the numerous interventions and policies being put in place by government to improve upon the quality of standards.
[contextly_sidebar id=”3ekZMdXHRDCRMJAv24OA1X6tDuEJWWBz”]She said the improved results of the 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) over that of 2014, confirms the high quality of education in the country, indicating that the strategies put in place in the educational system were producing desired results.
Prof Opoku Agyemang, who was addressing participants at the Distinction Awards ceremony organised by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Accra, called for the right kind of attitude from both stakeholders and the students themselves towards problem solving in the educational sector.
This, she said, would help in deepening the confidence level in the sector and preventing others from casting doubts about the quality of education.
She congratulated the awardees for sweeping all the top four prizes to make history for Ghana by winning for four consecutive times and said their achievements must encourage other students to spend more time with their books, rather than allowing themselves to be attracted to other unprofitable things.
The Minister also commended WAEC for instituting the Distinction Awards Scheme as the preliminary stage of the International Excellence Awards, under the Endowment Fund, for candidates who excelled in the May/June 2015 WASSCE.
She further urged all heads of schools, supervisors and invigilators to play their roles as expected, as the cycle of examinations for 2016 commences.
According to her the evidence provided by the cancellation of the results of 12,754 candidates at the May/June 2015 WASSCE and at the Basic Education Certificate of Examination and several others at the November/December examinations, attests to the fact that some school authorities and examination functionaries were relaxed in their duties and this is a great concern.
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Source: GNA