Afenyo-Markin Calls for Urgent National Conversation on Ghana’s Education Amid School Placement Saga

NPP calls for national conversation on education crisis

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for a national conversation on education following what it describes as worrying results from the latest West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and challenges with the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) placement process. The party expressed concern over the number of students who completed secondary school without …

Afenyo-Markin calls for urgent national conversation on Ghana’s education amid school placement saga

By: Ashiadey Dotse Minority Leader in Parlaiment, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has called for an urgent national conversation on Ghana’s education system, following concerns over the latest  West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) outcomes. According to the Minority Leader, the latest West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results should concern […]

WASSCE, BECE outcomes threaten future of over 200,000 students – Osahen Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader in Parliament and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has called for an urgent national conversation on Ghana rsquo;s education system following concerns over the latest WASSCE and BECE outcomes. His call follows the release of the 2026 WASSCE results by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), which showed a decline in English Language performance, although results in Core Mathematics, Integrate…

WASSCE / BECE Results: Place Over 200k Stranded Students In Schools – NPP To Govt

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah                The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has raised concerns over the plight of more than 200,000 Ghanaian school children and Read More...

Afenyo-Markin calls for national conversation over falling WASSCE results

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called for a national conversation on education following concerns over the latest WASSCE results. In a social media post, he said the results should concern every Ghanaian, pointing to the number of students who completed secondary school without obtaining a credit in Core Mathematics. According to figures cited by the […]

What exactly are we educating our children for? Scrap BECE and WASSCE - The Ghana Report

There comes a time in the life of every nation when it must stop defending a system simply because it has existed for a long time. For Ghana, that time has come. The country’s basic and secondary education system has become excessively obsessed with examinations, grades, aggregates, school categories and placement. Every year, hundreds of […]