The National Teaching Council (NTC) management has announced that it is considering adding a cut-off point to the exam after the first phase of the 2023 Ghana teacher licensure examination resit saw a massive failure.
Nearly 85% of tertiary graduates failed the teacher certification exam, according to the Registrar of NTC, Christian Addai Poku, in an interview observed by AcademicWeek.com. This statistic prompted his organization to institute the cut-off.
The 2023 teacher licensure retest test saw a failure rate of nearly 85%. This demonstrates unequivocally the need for a GTLE cut-off point. “Those who retake the test and fail waste their time and money,” Addai said.
After Africa Education Watch suggested that the management of the National Teaching Council (NTC) set a limit on the number of times a candidate can sit for the teacher licensure resit examination, the NTC’s Registrar made a statement.
Kofi Asare, the executive director of EduWatch, wrote on social media, “Is it true that some people were taking the Ghana teacher licensure exam for the ninth time? Please limit retakes right away, National Teaching Council (NTC).
In other news, the National Teaching Council has stated that the exam’s questions are designed to ensure that most applicants pass, following the widespread failure seen in this year’s retake of the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE).
According to Christian Addai Poku, the Registrar of the Teaching Council, the majority of applicants could not correctly spell some simple words, despite the difficulty of the 2023 GTLE resit questions.
“Some of the questions on the teacher licensure exam retake are even humorous. A Junior High School (JHS) student who takes the GTLE resit questions seriously will be able to respond and pass the test, according to the registrar.
He claimed on Joy FM’s Midday News that the GTLE’s difficulty is the reason there are so many failures. Christian, however, asserted that passing the test depends on how competent the teachers taking it are.
“These tests have been administered for roughly five years now, as far as we are concerned. As of now, we have administered the test ten times, and the pass rate has consistently been between 60 and 70 percent, according to the registrar of the Teaching Council.
He suggested that the university graduates who failed the first phase of the 2023 Ghana teacher licensure examination retake it in order to become professional teachers and have one last chance to take the test.
The Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination is undergoing reform, and when the reform takes effect, the current system will end, according to the National Teaching Council Director, who spoke to JoyFM. “They have one last opportunity because the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination is going through reform, and when the reform kicks in, the current dispensation will fade out,”.
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