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8th May, 2011
CR BECE Results Very Disappointing
Only three out of the 17 districts in the Central Region, scored 70 per cent in the 2010 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
They are Assin North, Upper Denkyira East and Upper Denkyira West.
The Head of Planning and Statistics of the Central Regional Directorate of Education, John E. Hayford, disclosed this at the fifth Regional Education Sector Annual Review meeting for at Cape Coast.
The meeting, which created a platform for the stakeholders to deliberate on how best to strengthen the performance of students in the region, was attended by district directors of education, metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives and heads of some institutions.
Mr Hayford revealed that Awutu Senya scored between 60 and 69.5 per cent, while Cape Coast, Efutu, Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Askuma-Odoben-Brakwa and Gomoa East had passes ranging from 50 to 59.5 per cent.
For Mfantsiman, Assin North and Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem districts, the passes were between 40 and 49.5 per cent, with Twifo Hemang-Lower-Denkyira, Agona East, Agona West, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Gomoa East obtaining between 30 and 39.5 per cent.
Mr Hayford therefore called for the development of appropriate strategies to improve the performance of pupils at the BECE level.
On enrolment, he expressed concern about the dropout rate of students at the high school level.
Based on the 2000 population census, he said, 61,694 pupils were estimated to be out of school at the junior high school, 14,789 at the primary and 32,352 at the kindergarten levels.
The acting Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Ms Benedicta Naana Biney, in an address read on her behalf, advocated the promotion of quality education and said the service had carried out a number of programmes geared towards improving quality educational delivery at the pre-tertiary level of education.
They are Assin North, Upper Denkyira East and Upper Denkyira West.
The Head of Planning and Statistics of the Central Regional Directorate of Education, John E. Hayford, disclosed this at the fifth Regional Education Sector Annual Review meeting for at Cape Coast.
The meeting, which created a platform for the stakeholders to deliberate on how best to strengthen the performance of students in the region, was attended by district directors of education, metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives and heads of some institutions.
Mr Hayford revealed that Awutu Senya scored between 60 and 69.5 per cent, while Cape Coast, Efutu, Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Askuma-Odoben-Brakwa and Gomoa East had passes ranging from 50 to 59.5 per cent.
For Mfantsiman, Assin North and Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem districts, the passes were between 40 and 49.5 per cent, with Twifo Hemang-Lower-Denkyira, Agona East, Agona West, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Gomoa East obtaining between 30 and 39.5 per cent.
Mr Hayford therefore called for the development of appropriate strategies to improve the performance of pupils at the BECE level.
On enrolment, he expressed concern about the dropout rate of students at the high school level.
Based on the 2000 population census, he said, 61,694 pupils were estimated to be out of school at the junior high school, 14,789 at the primary and 32,352 at the kindergarten levels.
The acting Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Ms Benedicta Naana Biney, in an address read on her behalf, advocated the promotion of quality education and said the service had carried out a number of programmes geared towards improving quality educational delivery at the pre-tertiary level of education.
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