The Talensi District Director of Education Madam Christiana Awuni has revealed that the District recorded a 45.6 per cent pass rate in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination. Madam Awuni said the 45.6 per cent pass rate is the best since the last five years
Madam Christiana further revealed that out of a total of 46 Junior High Schools 11 JHSs obtained a 100% score in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination.
“In relation to the 2020 BECE performance the District obtained a pass mark of 45.6%, I am glad to announce to you that, this has been the best performance of the last five years” she revealed.
Mrs Awuni was speaking at this year’s 65th Independence Celebration of Ghana organised at the Tongo School Park. She noted that with the emergence of the Covid 19 and the subsequent cuts to instructional hours, they were worried that the results may not be good. Having seen the performance, Madam Awuni is optimistic that, the students would do better with improved guidance.
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She stated, “despite this improvement, we still hope to do better in the 2021 BECE results which have just been released”.
She, therefore, used the occasion to appeal to the Ghana Education Service and Ministry of Education to go to the District’s aid to establish more Second Cycle Institutions to augment the existing two which are currently available.
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