The Professional Board of Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast has explained that it dismissed some students from its training colleges because of their refusal to re-sit examinations held in September 2015.<\/p>\n
The board chaired by\u00a0the\u00a0Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Coast,\u00a0Professor Domwini Dabire Kuupole,\u00a0revealed this in a statement that also cited weak entry characteristics and low academic performance of some students in some courses, especially English, Science and Mathematics, as reasons for the dismissal per their new progression policy.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”9JgtJRPcx8RZG6wbKOPy4kGclFVWlUP4″]The implementation of this new Progression Policy has led to rioting on campuses of the Mampong Technical College of Education, the Akrokeri College of Education and the Wesley College of Education.<\/p>\n
The riots were to protest the decision to withdraw students who reportedly failed mathematics among other subjects during examinations.<\/p>\n
The board said the adoption of the new policy was necessitated by the upgrading of the Colleges of Education in Ghana to the Tertiary institutions per the Education Act 778 of 2008 and their affiliation to the University of Cape Coast.<\/p>\n
It also took the decision to implement the new policy because they realised the guidelines regarding progression and withdrawal of students were not harmonised across the different programmes run by the Institute of Education.<\/p>\n
According to them, it is only fair to apply a common policy on academic progression to students who receive the same type of certificates from the University of Cape Coast but study in different institutions.<\/p>\n
This, they feel, will ultimately ensure parity of standards across the various training colleges.<\/p>\n
The new academic progression policy was approved by the Professional Board for implementation with effect from the 2012\/ 2013 academic year beginning with first year students.<\/p>\n
The Implementation of the policy was however delayed for two years to enable the colleges to sufficiently educate their students to the policy.<\/p>\n
According to the board, available evidence suggests that students in colleges were sufficiently educated on the policy hence the decision to incorporate it starting from the 2014\/2015 academic year.<\/p>\n
The board however implemented a concession that means\u00a0students who failed in only one course, either at\u00a0the main end-of-first semester or end-of-second semester examinations or\u00a0<\/strong>the September, 2015 re-sit examinations and were\u00a0withdrawn from the College, have been given an opportunity to register and take another re-sit examination on December 21, 2015.<\/p>\n Find below a section of the press statement signed by the Chairman of the Professional Board of \u00a0the Institute of Education:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The New Academic Progression Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n In March, 2012, the Professional Board approved a new academic progression policy for use by the Colleges of Education in respect of the regular DBE programmes. The new policy is an adapted version of the university\u2019s policy on progression.<\/p>\n Dismissal<\/strong><\/p>\n A level 100 student who loses a total of twelve (12) credits or more registered for an academic year (either in the first, second or in both semesters) will be dismissed for poor academic performance for that academic year. Such a student may, however apply for re-admission the following academic year.<\/p>\n Supplementary End-of-Semester Examination for level 100 Students<\/strong><\/p>\n A level 100 student who loses 1 to 11 credits in either the first, second or both semesters shall be given an opportunity to write a supplementary end-of-semester examination before the start of the ensuing year. The supplementary end-of-semester examination for level 100 students shall be marked over 60 and shall be added to the continuous assessment score which the student would have obtained during the course of the semester. The student will be withdrawn for poor academic performance if he\/she is unable to pass all the failed courses in the supplementary end-of-semester examination.<\/p>\n A Level 100 student who fails the supplementary end-of-semester examination and is withdrawn may re-apply for admission the following academic.<\/p>\n Implementation of The New Progression Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n Causes Of Withdrawal\/External Candidacy Of Students<\/strong><\/p>\n The following constitute some of the factors\/reasons for the withdrawal or external candidacy:<\/p>\n Concessions Given<\/strong><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Professional Board of Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast has explained that it dismissed some students from its training colleges because of their refusal to re-sit examinations held in September 2015. The board chaired by\u00a0the\u00a0Vice Chancellor of University of Cape Coast,\u00a0Professor Domwini Dabire Kuupole,\u00a0revealed this in a statement that also cited weak entry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":174419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38,16],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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