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YEfL holds accountability forum on education in Savelugu

By
Emmanuel Gamson, GNA

Savelugu (N/R), Dec.
12, GNA – Youth Empowerment for Life (YEfL), a Non-Governmental Organization
(NGO), based in the Northern Region has held a district education
accountability forum to engage stakeholders on how to improve on the
performance of pupils in the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in
the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region.

The forum was
attended by representatives from the Ghana Education Service (GES), Savelugu
Municipal Assembly, School Management Committee (SMC) Networks, District Youth
Network (DYN), head teachers and some selected students within the municipality
with funding support from OXFAM Ghana.

Mr Mahama Aminu, a
Project Officer at YEfL, expressed worry about the poor performance of pupils
in the BECE in the municipality saying it is necessary to put in place measures
to improve on the situation.

Mr Iddrisu Abdulai
Kofi, Human Resource Manager at the Savelugu Municipal Directorate of the GES,
said in 2017 and 2018 respectively, 43.0 per cent and 53.6 per cent of pupils
passed the BECE, with many female candidates performing poorly compared to
their male counterparts.

He said out of a
total of 216 districts in the country, the Savelugu Municipal placed 203 and
180 positions in 2017 and 2018 respectively in the national BECE league table.

The participants
attributed the poor performance of pupils in the Municipality to poor
monitoring and supervision of teachers by the GES, as well as issues of
inadequate teaching and learning materials.

They again cited
inadequate classroom blocks and furniture as well as non-commitment of some
teachers, as factors that has led to poor performance of basic schools in the
district.

They proposed the
need for the GES to intensify its monitoring and supervision exercise in order
to help reduce the problem in the area.

The stakeholders
appealed to government and other corporate bodies to help provide the necessary
resources needed to enhance the performance of basic school pupils in the
Municipality.  

GNA

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