The District Chief Executive for West Gonja in the northern region, Hon Saeed Muhazu Jibril, has promised to do everything humanly possible to improve the standard of education in the district by collaborating with the right stakeholders.
‘It is very sad to inform the house that five schools from Damongo, the district capital scored zero percent in this year’s June Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This is totally unacceptable and is unheard of anywhere in Ghana’.
The Hon DCE said this at the third and final ordinary meeting of the assembly for the year 2017 held at the conference hall, Damongo.
He explained that measures will be put in place to halt the fall of education standard in the district and hinted that transfers and other important measures that will put teachers, parents and students on toes to improve education, will be put in place.
The District Education Team has been put in place to deal with the situation. If there is a need for us to reshuffle teachers, we will do it to save the future of our children without fear or favour he added.
Hon Jibril assured the house that his outfit in collaboration with other stakeholders will soon get a substantive District Education Director for the district.
‘Out of Seven hundred and thirty-seven (737) candidates who sat for the June 2017 BECE, only one hundred and fifty-six students obtained aggregate *6-30* comprising 68 females and 88 males’. Those that obtained aggregate 30 and above were 578 consisting 303 females and 275 males.
The percentage pass is just 21.25% and a whopping 78.75% failed as compared to 2016 which had a pass mark of 23.54% and 76.46% failed.
It sad to inform the house that five(5) JHS scored zero percent. They are St. Anne’s JHS B, Canteen JHS B, Yipala JHS, Kabampe JHS and Word Miracle JHS.
The report also has it that two schools scored below 10%, fourteen scored below 50% and only three scored above 50%.
A private JHS, New Life JHS obtained the best score with 89% pass mark.
The DCE disclosed that some new teachers have been posted and appealed to Hon Assembly members to assist the 38 beginning teachers posted to the various electoral areas with accommodation in order to help improve quality education in the district.
