The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG), has urged the Ministry of Education to make the teacher licensing exam more lenient.
In a release after its national delegates conference, TTAG asked the National Teachers Council (NTC) to push for a review of how the newly trained are assessed.
“We beseech the Ministry of Education through NTC to reconsider the mode of assessment where newly trained teachers or teacher certificate holders must pass with an average of 50 percent of each of the three papers,” the release said.
The Association also wants the teachers who sit for the exam to be assessed based on their average score in the various tests.
“We also ask that the NTC should rather strike an average mark of 50 percent in all the three papers to determine a candidate’s pass at the end of the examination should the examination come off.”
The Association also urged the NTC to provide learning materials and also reconsider the cost of registration.
In a related resolution, TTAG also held that “the licensure exam should be incorporated into the teacher education reform curriculum.”
Meanwhile, the National Teachers Council (NTC), has extended the registration of the teacher licensure exams to Friday September 7, 2018.
Registration for the exams was expected to end on September 4, 2018.
The council said the extension has become necessary to enable more teachers to register for the exams.
Though majority of the newly trained teachers voiced their displeasure over the exams with some even embarking on demonstrations, the council said over 13,700 of the expected 20,000 trainees have registered.
The examination applies to all teachers who hold the Diploma in Basic Education (DBE), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) or a post-graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) who want to be employed by the Ghana education service.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citinewsroom.com/Ghana