The Ghana Education Service has described the maiden National Standardised Test for Primary Four pupils in public basic schools as successful.
The national test which was conducted on Friday (17 December) will enable the Ministry of Education generate data on the performance of pupils in English Language and Mathematics.
In all a total of 561,595 pupils participated in the test from 15, 911 schools nationwide. The Ghana Education Service is however soliciting for feedback on the nationwide exams.
“Maiden NST for learners 4 successfully conducted. If you have any feedback, let us know.,” the GES posted on Facebook.
Don’t conduct test
The Institute for Education Service(IFEST) had earlier called on the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to halt the upcoming National Standardised Test for Primary Four pupils in public basic schools slated for 17 December.
IFEST argues the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service are inadequately prepared to administer the impending exams across the country.
A statement issued by IFEST said “ The printers selected to print the question papers and the scannable answer sheet as at 24th November have indicated to the Ministry that, upon being commissioned, they will need a month to fully carry out their activities. “
“Fundamentally, the original mode of conducting the examination which was supposed to be school-based have been change to cluster based which brings to the fore issues such as: a. proximity of school or home and exams centres.”
“The NST is supposed to be a diagnostic test aimed at identifying basically the extent of learning poverty and also identify if the set standards in the standard-based curriculum are being achieved to enable education planners propose prescriptions to help mitigate the identified challenges. Consequently, any attempt to change the modalities and rush through the process will defeat the purpose of the NST,” the IFEST statement added.
Fred Dzakpata
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