Over 17 Thousamd Teachers Fail Promotional Exams

Seventeen thousand teachers who sat for the maiden promotional examination have also failed. According to official data, just about 63% of the 46,486 who sat for the exams passed. This is the first time the teachers’ promotion has been based on an aptitude test in the country. Over the years, teachers have been promoted

after passing an interview. The teachers were made to answer 75 objective questions within an hour. Teachers who failed the test stormed the offices of the Education ministry to protest also demanding to see the marked papers to confirm their performance. Vice President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers NAGRAT

Jacob Anaba said the questions did not appear difficult but practical. According to the records 46,486 were all shortlisted to write. Out of that number 39,469 passed representing 63.3%. Those who also failed were 17,021 (36.7%). It also came as a shock to us that only 63.3% passed. We all thought this was going to help clear the

backlog and bridge the gap but it looks as if it didn’t help. The questions were not difficult but you needed to be practical and were more administrative stuff. If you were a teacher only based in the classroom, you were likely to face difficulties. We are all going to investigate what happened and we are also asking the teachers to

find out what happened. So we’re expecting that by next week, we’ll get some answers, he said. Meanwhile, the Public Relations officer of the the Concerned Teachers Association Awule Addoquaye said some teachers who believe they passed were failed by the examiners. There are a whole lot of issues because some teachers are

also saying they know they’ve not failed and that they want to see their scripts. Our members have the right to agitate but we also want to assure them that we will do everything possible for the truth to come out. But we all want to let them know that not everybody will pass the exam.