As part of the measures to help address the problem, TENI
Project has trained 31 retired Teachers, 11 Circuit Supervisors,
24 National Volunteers, 12 NGOs partners and 16 District
Education Staff including four frontline Assistant District
Directors, on School Performance Review (SPR) and data
collection.
All the participants drawn from the West Mamprusi District
are supposed to collect data on SPR in 154 Basic Schools in
the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region.
Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Link
Community Development, Pronet Association, the Ghana
Education Service (GES), National Service Secretariat and
West Mamprusi, Talensi Nabdam and Jirapa Districts are the
Implementers of the TENI project which is a 10 year project.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency after the workshop,
the Upper East Regional Manager of ISODEC, Mr Jonathan
Adabre, said the main objective of the data was to collate
accurate and reliable and timely data that would help the Ghana
Education Service to address the falling standards of education
in basic schools in the West Mamprusi District and the
Northern Regions in general.
Mr Adabre said he was unhappy about the trend of the
poor performance of many basic schools in the Northern,
Upper East and Upper West Regions and could continue to
draw the development of the area backwards if the situation
was not reversed.
He said that after the data collection, it would be analysed
and shared at the District, Regional level and the National level
to ensure that the duty bearers respond appropriately to the
needs of the communities for improved education delivery in
District, Regional and Northern Ghana in general.
Mr Adabre said the overall goal of the TENI project is to
improve transition, retention and performance of basic schools
in the three Northern Regions and indicated that the 10 year
project was in its second year.
He said the TENI project had also initiated a dialogue with
District Assemblies, GES and NGOs in the West Mamprusi to
ensure that there was coherence and efficiency in the utilization
of resources so as to avoid duplication of efforts.
Mr Bashiru Nurideen, TENI Coordinator for Link
Community Development who facilitated the training workshop
urged the participants to see themselves as owners of the data
since they were all from the GES and indicated that the
outcome of the data would help highlight the training needs of
teachers, number of teachers required for effective education
delivery and the level of participation of communities in
education delivery among others.
The Deputy Director in charge of the West Mamprusi
District, Mr John Asagibe said formally in gathering data on
SPR the GES often engaged Circuit Supervisors but now with
the involvement of the retired teachers, Circuit Supervisors and
National Volunteers it would make the data more meaningful to
be able to address the poor performance of basic schools in
the area.
Originally posted here:
TENI to address abysmal performance of Basic Schools in Northern Regions