Over 6000 Teachers Fail Licensure Examination
Over 6000 Teachers Fail Licensure Examination out of 7,728
About 84% of graduates who sat for the 2023 Ghana Teacher licensure Exam failed.
About 87% of re-sit candidates failed again in Literacy.
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According to the Registrar of the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE), Dr. Christian Addai-Poku, only 1,277 out of the 7,728 prospective teachers who participated in the licensure examination last month were able to pass.
This means that the pass rate for the examination, which was introduced to license teaching practitioners, stands at 16.5 percent based on the number of candidates who sat for it.
Let’s start by examining the effectiveness of licensure exams compared to the time before their implementation. If we observe a significant improvement in output and efficiency, then it would be wise to continue conducting these exams. If, however, the results remain unchanged, then it calls into question the need for licensure exams.
Recently, the NTC PRO appeared on Kessben TV, highlighting the importance of licensure exams. He explained that while students in colleges of education acquire academic competencies, it is necessary to ensure that they possess the professional competencies required for teaching, which the licensure exams provide.
However, it is worth noting the Colleges of Education Act, 2012, Act 847, which outlines the role of colleges of education. According to this act, the primary purpose of colleges of education is to train students in the necessary academic and professional competencies for teaching pre-tertiary institutions and non-formal education institutions.
Therefore, it appears that colleges of education are already equipped with the responsibility of providing the relevant professional competencies to students.
Overall, there were 14 cases of exam malpractices- impersonation and copying from mobile phones.
Some of the literacy scripts I have been reviewing are very nauseating. I just can’t imagine how our classrooms would be if such calibre who cannot string a sentence together in English found their way in there without the licensure.
The thoughts of they having graduated from the university even give me catarrh. How did they graduate without basic literacy?
The National Teaching Council is doing a good job by sieving the best for our schools.
We must refurbish the entire education system.
Awurade, even spelling ‘organizer’ is a problem.
The question is that bringing this to the public domain to ridicule a noble profession
When entrance to the college is now solely based on protocol,what do you expect
The fact that they’ve failed in basic literacy means there is something fundamentally wrong that should be addressed.