An educationist and a Lecturer at the Gambaga College of education Matthew Nyaaba is urging the Ghana Education service to reconsider its decision in the matter not to allow basic schools across the country to write the end of term exams.
He said the GES’s decision may have negative effects on student learning.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed heads of basic schools across the country not to hold any form of examinations to assess its students at the end of the term According to the GES, unlike any other term, there should be no end-of-term examinations at the basic school level this academic year. The GES stated that the reopening of schools for the 2021 academic year for students from kindergarten to junior high school (JHS) was for “recovery learning
Headteachers and teachers were however tasked to use class exercises and tests to assess students.
But according to the Lecturer, the decision will have dire consequences on the academic performance of students.
“Removing exams component will be detrimental to the students. Examination is the only way we can use to assess the students. If indeed we want the best for our kids then we need to allow them to take the exams,” he said on ‘Nkosuo Nsem” on Plan B FM with Bohyeba Afriyie.
“Examination motivates the students to learn more. I will therefore urge GES to reconsider this decision. He added
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