Written by Hilary Vasco Wiagbe
Source: Star Radio Liberia
The Education Ministry says it is concerned about report of mass failure of senior high school students in this year’s West African Examination Council exams.
The Deputy Minister of Education for Instruction said statistics indicates that the general performance of students has dropped.
Deputy Mnister Mator Kpangbai told the news conference Monday the general performance of students dropped from seventy eight per cent in 2008 to seventy six percent in 2009.
He named poor quality of instruction in schools as one of the underlying factors responsible for the mass failure of students.
The Deputy Education Minister however disclosed the ministry has instituted several measures to improve the quality of instruction in the school system.
He identified the measures as prioritizing teachers’ development and realignment of the existing curriculum with other WAEC member countries.
