President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana’s youth literacy rate will hit 100% within the next decade.<\/p>\n
According to him, recent statistics indicate that youth literacy rate in the country is at\u00a088.5%.<\/p>\n
The president made this known when he was speaking at the 70th anniversary ceremony of Aburi Girls Senior Girls today [Saturday].<\/p>\n
According to the president, youth literacy grew from 64.8% in the 2005\/2006 academic year to 88.5% in the 2012\/2013 academic year.<\/p>\n
“Youth literacy, which used to be 55.8% in 98\/99 went up to 64.8% in the 2005\/2006 academic year and has recorded a huge jump to 88.5% in the 2012\/2013 academic year. We expect that over the next decade, we should achieve a 100% youth literacy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
President Mahama also used the occasion to commend the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for clamping down on examination malpractices in the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examination.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pleased also to note that WAEC has risen to the occasion to deal with the shameful examination malpractices that have plagued examinations over the past several years. This year, I am proud to note that our BECE examinations have passed with no incidence recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n
The anniversary for the 70th anniversary celebration is “Aburi Girls at 70 ,forging ahead for greater heights in educational excellence.”<\/p>\n
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By Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President John Dramani Mahama has said Ghana’s youth literacy rate will hit 100% within the next decade. According to him, recent statistics indicate that youth literacy rate in the country is at\u00a088.5%. The president made this known when he was speaking at the 70th anniversary ceremony of Aburi Girls Senior Girls today [Saturday]. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":220489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n