Africa Education Watch has called out the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaSIA), the implementing agency for the National Pre-Tertiary Learning Assessment Framework (NPLAF), and the Ministry of Education over the omission of Private Schools in the maiden edition of the National Standardized Test (NST).
The education think tank seems quite baffled by authorities’ decision to go contrary to the National Pre-Tertiary Learning Assessment Framework (NPLAF) by leaving out private schools from partaking in the examination.
“Are we implementing the current NPLAF or a different document? Is it the case that the NPLAF has been reviewed to exclude Private Schools?
“Do we realize we have denied the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) of critical national baseline data on private schools’ literacy and numeracy levels in P4?”
It, therefore, wants authorities to explain the reason for the exemption of private schools.
“The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaSIA), the implementing agency for the National Pre-Tertiary Learning Assessment Framework (NPLAF) and the Ministry of Education must properly explain to Ghanaians why Private Schools were omitted from the just-ended National Standardized Test (NST), contrary to (NPLAF).”
The National Standardized test was conducted for primary four pupils for the first time on December 17, 2021, as a means of building a robust educational system, and will also assess the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values as part of the new pre-tertiary education curriculum.
The examination which was to be undertaken by both private and public primary 4 pupils was undertaken by only public schools students.
CREDIT:S.A.Kingsley.
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