A deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is considering the cancellation of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which promotes Junior High School (JHS) students to Senior High Schools in the country.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah disclosed this on Abusua FM’s 'Abusua NKomo' show hosted by Kwame Adinkra during his tour in the Ashanti Region.
According to the Deputy Minister and Member of Parliament of Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency, government's intention is to make the basic education system automatic for JHS students.
He said government is considering plans to in the future cancel Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) that enable pupils in the basic schools gain admission into Senior High Schools (SHS).
He indicated that government’s motive behind the decision is to get every Ghanaian school going child enrolled in Senior High School education.
The decision when implemented will see no Ghanaian child denied access to the free SHS education promised by the NPP government and which takes effect in September.
He added that the plan will see all JHS students being assessed by their performance in class which will see the brilliant ones promoted to SHS and those with poor performance being repeated till they put up good performance.
Source: Ellis Ferdinand
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I support this idea. I recall the Dr Nduom also suggested this sometime in 2008. It should be done. The govt must scrap the BECE and it should make JHS-SHS an integrated stream so that ALL students come out formally at the SHS level. It will provide more responsible and better human resource for the nation.
I totally agree with you Kojo Opong
@mensah white, WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING?? GALAMSEYERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE AND EAT WHILE OTHERS DIE FROM THIRST DOWNSTREAM?? UNTIL THEY CHANGE THEIR WAYS AND FIND MORE ACCEPTABLE JOBS, THEY WILL REMAIN REFUGEES. SHOULD WE FOR EXAMPLE PAMPER ARMED ROBBERS JUST BCOS A SECURITY OPERATION PUTS THEM OUT OF THEIR NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES?? MY FRIEND WISE UP AND BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR WATER BODIES, FERTILE LANDS AND FORESTS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL COST THE NATION TO RECLAIM THE DESTROYED FORESTS AND LANDS??
Eiiiii NO, No No u people want to destroy gh education than our children will fuuul around paaaooo bcos at the end of the he or she knows that there will be no exams for them. Oppong Journalist come again.
This is a laudable idea, it'll be good if implemented
This is a very Good Idea.
right now EVERYONE IN MY HOMETOWN IS HUNGRY BECAUSE OF THE STOP OF GALAMSEY. THEY ARE LIKE REFUGEES NOW
***barred word***, get working and stop these nuisance noise. this is not why we voted for you.