Statistics of 2009 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results in the Greater Accra Region, showed that private school occupied the top 10 positions.
Ms Kean Adjei Appiah, an Education Management Information System Officer, at the Greater Accra Regional Education Office, who disclosed this at the fifth Regional Education Sector Annual Review workshop at Ashaiman, noted that several factors accounted for the sterling performance exhibited by the private school as compared to public ones.
He said private schools were patronised by rich parents who provided all educational needs of their children, and employed teachers to give extra tuition to the children at home.
Addition, schools focused on preparing their pupils to pass examinations and did not engage them in much extra curriculum activities.
“Their class size is also manageable as compared to their counterparts in the public schools which have between 50 and 70 pupils in a class, hampering effective teaching,” he said.
Mr. Appiah said on the other hand, public schools were mostly patronised by the less privileged who found it difficult to provide all their children school needs.
He said the training in public schools was holistic and covered academic and extra curriculum activities.
Mr Appiah, however, noted that in spite of the disadvantages, pupils from the public junior high school eventually compete favourably with their counterparts when they enter the Senior High School and in some instances performed better.
He said limited and space impeded expansion of school infrastructure and many public schools in the region faced encroachment.
Mr Appiah said difficulty in collating data from the private schools, coupled with inadequate means of transport for officers to conduct effective monitoring and supervision, were other challenges that need to be tackled by the Regional Directorate of Education.
Ms Kean Adjei Appiah, an Education Management Information System Officer, at the Greater Accra Regional Education Office, who disclosed this at the fifth Regional Education Sector Annual Review workshop at Ashaiman, noted that several factors accounted for the sterling performance exhibited by the private school as compared to public ones.
He said private schools were patronised by rich parents who provided all educational needs of their children, and employed teachers to give extra tuition to the children at home.
Addition, schools focused on preparing their pupils to pass examinations and did not engage them in much extra curriculum activities.
“Their class size is also manageable as compared to their counterparts in the public schools which have between 50 and 70 pupils in a class, hampering effective teaching,” he said.
Mr. Appiah said on the other hand, public schools were mostly patronised by the less privileged who found it difficult to provide all their children school needs.
He said the training in public schools was holistic and covered academic and extra curriculum activities.
Mr Appiah, however, noted that in spite of the disadvantages, pupils from the public junior high school eventually compete favourably with their counterparts when they enter the Senior High School and in some instances performed better.
He said limited and space impeded expansion of school infrastructure and many public schools in the region faced encroachment.
Mr Appiah said difficulty in collating data from the private schools, coupled with inadequate means of transport for officers to conduct effective monitoring and supervision, were other challenges that need to be tackled by the Regional Directorate of Education.
