Government performance contract with College Heads may be fuelling WASSCE malpractice – Lecturer

Advancement Economist and Lecturer in the University for Development Studies(UDS), Michael Ayamga-Adongo has intimated that examination malpractice since witnessed in the 2021 WASSCE may be fueled by the Government’s performance contract with mind of senior high institutions tasking them to improve on the performance of learners at examinations. He observed that the performance contracts depending on which the appointment of the minds could be terminated has motivated some heads to be not willing to engage in examination negligence. “Is government subtly arm-twisting Head Teachers into getting unwilling patrons of evaluation malpractice with the so-called efficiency contracts? Heads of supplementary schools sign contracts to make sure certain levels of improvement within student performance annually. Their particular longevity as heads is usually somehow tied to these alleged contracts. Your guess is really as good as mine.
Ghana’s Basic plus Secondary education is in extensive care, ” he uncovered. He gave an instance in which a teacher was summoned simply by his head to report to college and help students be unfaithful. “I heard a discussion today and it broke my cardiovascular. Some teachers in a particular Senior High School in the capital didn’t support examination malpractices simply by staying away from school today once the science paper is being composed. Then suddenly they are summoned by their heads to come plus help the children. One is believed to have grudgingly made the call to a certain get in touch with in Kumasi for queries and answers to the technology paper. The party within Kumasi requests for a telephone number to send the answers plus within minutes it was carried out, ” he narrated. Doctor Ayamga-Adongo, who has regularly lamented about examination malpractice in the land, concluded that it is a race in order to cheat and nothing appears to be done about it. “It has become a race to be a cheater. When I started sounding the particular alarm I was called brands. Today it is laid uncovered for all to see. The alleged moral cardinal points of our own nation have gone calm. God save us! ” He lamented. Examinations within Ghana – WASSCE plus BECE – have been seen as a malpractices, leading to regular cancelling and rescheduling of documents. With the advent of social media, infidelity has become more pervasiveSource: MyNewsGh. com/2021
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