Mr Gregory Amoah, Bolgatanga Municipal Director of Education, commended the NGO for its good job and said since the implementation of its programmes it had improved the BECE examination. He entreated district directorates of education in the region who were not taking part in the programme to forge partnership with CePME to reverse the falling standards of education in the region.
He said the training programme, which focuses on the five core subject areas at the junior school level, was the best since those were the main examinable subjects by the West Africa Examination Council.
In recent times the performance of BECE candidates in the region had been very poor and it is hoped that at the end of the programme, the problem could be addressed.
CePME had also organised a similar programme for teachers in the Bawku Municipal, Bawku West and Garu-Tempane Districts.
The NGO had also been developing reliable end-of- term assessment instruments for the evaluation of basic school pupils achievement at the end of each term.
These instruments are purchased by the district directorates for redistribution to teachers for use. CePME had also been developing mock BECE materials for schools and district directorates of education in the region.
