All Primary 4 students to take standardized exams in 2021
All Primary 4 students to take standardized exams in 2021
All Primary 4 students to take standardized exams in 2021
The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum has disclosed
that the government will introduce a National Standardized
Test for pupils at the basic level.
The object of the policy, he said, is in government’s quest to
build a robust education system for the country.
Speaking on the topic “President Akufo-Addo’s Education Agenda:
Four years and Beyond” on Sunday, Mr Adutwum said all
primary four students in Ghana will be the first batch
to undergo the just-introduced initiative.
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He said the test does not only seek to improve learning
outcomes but also reduce learning poverty across the country.
According to him, pupils waiting eleven years
before they sit for their first national exams,
Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), makes it too
late to rectify the vast literacy poverty recorded yearly.
As such, periodic national exams on primary students will
give the Ghana Education Service the amble
time to intervene in the lives of the children.
“The World Bank talks about learning poverty, they say 53%
of students in their 10th year of various countries cannot read
for understanding and Ghana is not an exception.
“That is why the President says we need to transform the space,
and transformation of the space means that all fourth graders
this year are going to be tested across
the lengths and breadths of this country.
“Every one of them [sits for this exams] so that we see the
challenges that are confronting us as a nation, then we give
them one year when they are in primary five to
make the necessary interventions,” he said.
He added that “A national standardized test which has been
done in Singapore and other places is going to be a reality
under the watch and leadership of President Akufo-Addo.”
The Bosomtwe MP subsequently called on parents to
support government’s new initiative to develop
and transform the education sector.
“So parents, our goal is simple, we want to know whether your
child can read or not. And the report will be generated and
given to every single parent in this country in mathematics
and literacy for them to really know whether
their wards are doing well or not.
“Then we will have the opportunity to track
them longitudinally,” he stressed.
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The Minister also stated that government will capitalize on
technology to digitize the education sector in Ghana.
He said a dashboard is currently underway that will give his
outfit access to evaluate the attendance and performance
both teachers and students in every Metropolitan,
Municipal, and District Assembly.
