Mr Razak Abdul-Korah, the Upper West Regional Director of Education, has expressed worry over the falling standard of education at the basic level in the region.

He indicated that the poor performance of schools in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is a challenge facing the education sector in the region.

He said, “Indeed the issue of the performance at the BECE is a worry to all of us. Ironically we have seen some little improvement in relation to the WASSCE that is what is making us to think through it.”

He attributed it to the refusal of children to take their studies very seriously after they had registered for the BECE.

He attributed that attitude to the notion of the children that no matter the grade they get they will still get a senior high school to attend.

“One critical thing that we have seen among the children is their unwillingness to even learn. Immediately after the registration they stopped schooling because of the policy of not preventing them from writing,” he stated.

Mr Abdul-Korah, who said this in Jirapa during the second meeting of the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council, said it is the responsibility of persons in the region to tackle this challenge.

Meanwhile, the Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, explained the interventions of the government and the District Assemblies in transforming the education sector in the region.

“To address some of the logistical constraints of the Ghana Education Service the government has supplied 136 motorbikes which were distributed among the 11 municipal and district directorates of education in the region to facilitate monitoring and supervision in the region.

Again, the 11 municipal and district assemblies in the region completed 163 projects.”

Source: Info Radio