Robert Ahia, the Director of Golden Step Academy; a private pretertiary educational centre in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital is frustrated about the paranoia surrounding the passes of private school students at the BECE.
He said it is time people realized that private schools dedicate enough time and resources to help the students pass the exam and not by some treacherous means as has been suggested by many.
Mr. Atia said this when he spoke on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show today, Monday, April 11, 2022.
“Making them [the private JHS candidates] write an exam would not change anything. They have refused to accept that in the public schools, every child that comes to Form 1 is pushed to Form 3 and the fellow must write and go. You do not repeat; you do not do anything. It is mass promotion”.
“The children know that this is what is going on and so nobody sits to learn any better than he or she can really do,” he said.
Mr. Atia said the opposite happens in the private schools, where he said, the threat of repetition is a major motivation for students to put in their best. He continued that because the private schools do not practice mass promotion, at every given time, they are putting their best foot forward.
Mr. Atia called on the government to rather fix the gaps in public schools education rather than focus on making private schools very unbearable for the management of the various schools, students and parents.
Meanwhile, the concerns that have been raised by some players in the private pre-tertiary education sector that private schools may be deliberately marked down at the 2021 BECE may not be tenable. This is according to the Director for the Golden Step Academy, Robert Atia.
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