The Executive Secretary of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Christian Addai-Poku, has said about 25 per cent of newly trained teachers are not qualified to be in the classroom.
This comes as a result of the average pass rate in the past three Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations (GLTE) written by the newly trained teachers hovering around 75 per cent.
He was speaking at a day’s briefing session of stakeholders on the 2019 licensure examination in Accra last week.
The meeting brought together principals of colleges of education, lecturers from universities that offer education, staff of the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the NTC.
The workshop which was on the theme, “Improving teacher education through Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination,” was to elicit ideas to help improve the GTLE and to further appreciate the realities of students’ performance, as well as discuss ways to improve the GTLE.
They were also to come up with recommendations to improve candidates’ performance in the GTLE to ensure quality in the classroom.
According to Mr Addai-Poku, this was necessary for learners to develop the requisite skills to compete favourably within the global village.
He said teachers are the most important school resource who influence students’ outcomes.
The NTC Executive Secretary said the strategic plan of the country was to deliver quality education for all, adding that “the NTC believes that a well-prepared, well-equipped, well-motivated and a well-accountable teacher will lead us there.”
Source:Fiilafmonline/JoyNews
