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6th February, 2012
Sekondi-Takoradi Final Year Pupils Ordered to Sign Undertaking
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Directorate of Education has ordered final year pupils of Junior High Schools in the metropolis to sign undertaking with their parents as witnesses, to be of good behaviour, until they write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), in April, this year.
The Metropolitan Director of Education, , told the Ghana News Agency in Takoradi, last Wednesday, that the move is to check truancy among the pupils.
He said reports had indicated that as soon as pupils are registered for the BECE, a majority of them refused to attend classes, but came over to write the papers when examination started.
Nana Mbeah noted that the truancy impacted poorly on their performance with their deliberate refusal to attend classes, to learn what was ahead of them.
He said parents and guardians should be held responsible for the truancy of their wards since it is their onerous duty to monitor their children’s attendance.
To address the situation, the directorate has designed an undertaking,which should be signed by pupils, with the parents and guardians as witnesses.
Nana Mbeah asked heads and their teachers to report any truancy in their schools for immediate action, as specified in the form.
He reminded the head teachers not to register candidates from different schools or pupils in JHS One and Two so as to avoid being sanctioned by the Ghana Education Service.
Nana Mbeah equally encouraged the head teachers to submit their registers on time, warning that any delay and wrong submission of data would attract penalties fromy the West African Examinations Council and disciplinary action by the GES.
The schools in the metropolis recorded 62.49 per cent in last year’s BECE, he disclosed.
The Metropolitan Director of Education, , told the Ghana News Agency in Takoradi, last Wednesday, that the move is to check truancy among the pupils.
He said reports had indicated that as soon as pupils are registered for the BECE, a majority of them refused to attend classes, but came over to write the papers when examination started.
Nana Mbeah noted that the truancy impacted poorly on their performance with their deliberate refusal to attend classes, to learn what was ahead of them.
He said parents and guardians should be held responsible for the truancy of their wards since it is their onerous duty to monitor their children’s attendance.
To address the situation, the directorate has designed an undertaking,which should be signed by pupils, with the parents and guardians as witnesses.
Nana Mbeah asked heads and their teachers to report any truancy in their schools for immediate action, as specified in the form.
He reminded the head teachers not to register candidates from different schools or pupils in JHS One and Two so as to avoid being sanctioned by the Ghana Education Service.
Nana Mbeah equally encouraged the head teachers to submit their registers on time, warning that any delay and wrong submission of data would attract penalties fromy the West African Examinations Council and disciplinary action by the GES.
The schools in the metropolis recorded 62.49 per cent in last year’s BECE, he disclosed.
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