The education minister basically said the kids can't think for themselves. Haruna Iddrisu, Ghana's Education Minister, blamed the terrible recent exam scores on students having weak analysis and application skills. This comes after a public freakout over the WASSCE results, where over half of the 461,736 students got bottom-tier grades in Core Mathematics, the worst performance in nearly a decade.
Iddrisu, who is also the MP for Tamale South, explained that the examiner reports showed students could not handle practical questions or interpret graphs. He also admitted that a tougher crackdown on cheating during the tests played a role in the lower scores. Subjects like Social Studies, English, and Integrated Science also saw big drops. The minister said pointing fingers is useless, and this disaster should be a wake-up call for fixing the whole system, focusing on better quality teaching and school infrastructure.
Iddrisu, who is also the MP for Tamale South, explained that the examiner reports showed students could not handle practical questions or interpret graphs. He also admitted that a tougher crackdown on cheating during the tests played a role in the lower scores. Subjects like Social Studies, English, and Integrated Science also saw big drops. The minister said pointing fingers is useless, and this disaster should be a wake-up call for fixing the whole system, focusing on better quality teaching and school infrastructure.
