managing editor, Insight newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe Ghana Education Service has indicated that there will soon be an introduction of licence for teachers in the country.<\/p>\n
The licence has become necessary to rectify the poor teaching skills of teachers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are too bad to be recognized as teachers that is why the licencing is coming,\u201d Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Reverend Jonathan Betty disclosed.<\/p>\n
In order to acquire the licence, exams will be conducted for the teachers to assess their performance.<\/p>\n
According to the GES PRO, all professional entities in the country sit for licensing examination after school before they are allowed to practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cNurses are licensed and there are few others that are also licensed before they are recognized\u2026If Ghana as a country needed education standard to be high the implementers or the people who impart the knowledge must also be in high standard,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the issue on \u2018Kokrokoo\u2019 on\u00a0Peace FM<\/strong>, the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper expressed disagreement with the initiative.<\/p>\nMr. Pratt wondered why teachers will have to sit for exams before they get a licence to practice.<\/p>\n
To him, the exams should form part of the training the teachers gain from their various training institutions and so it\u2019s needless for them to do another exams to be licenced.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there\u2019s an exam that if you don\u2019t write and pass, you can\u2019t teach; it should be part of teacher training,\u201d Pratt said.<\/p>\n
Though he admitted that the licensing is a good policy, the Education Ministry and GES should not implement it without the consent of GNAT, NAGRAT and other teacher associations in the country.<\/p>\n
He called on the Ministry and GES to consult with the teacher associations to find ways to initiate the licensing policy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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