According to him, the latest authorities satisfied big excellent charges underneath the leadership of Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, as Minister of Instruction.
He mentioned “We fulfilled huge outstanding bills for key materials to education assistance supply, below the management of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Minister of Schooling. There were being remarkable costs of about GH¢9 million for Capitation Grant GH¢4 milion Feeding Grant for Distinctive Educational institutions GH¢14 million for work out publications to simple educational facilities, and GH¢4 million for the offer of school uniforms among the many other people.
“There was a time in this region when underneath the three-thirty day period pay out coverage our challenging-doing the job teachers were being compensated only a few months’ wage, no make a difference how extensive they had labored because currently being engaged. These days, all newly engaged lecturers have all their arrears compensated a few months after commencing work. Once again, so far, this authorities has cleared in excess of 91% of the legacy arrears we inherited.”
He said that in just the three and half many years, the federal government has cleared all the arrears and ensured the timely launch of capitation and feeding grants for special universities.
He spelled out that in 2018, the Nationwide Education Assessment proficiency charge in Mathematics amplified from 11 per cent in 2016 to 22 per cent in 2018. At the secondary degree, performance in WASSCE was inadequate. From 2011 to 2016, close to 75 per cent of all candidates failed to accomplish qualification for tertiary instruction. In 2015, about 49 p.c of candidates scored F9 in mathematics and 37 percent of candidates scored F9 in Built-in Science.
To boost functionality, the Governing administration had invested in the provide of related educational assets to colleges, recruited and deployed instructors, provided in-support coaching to lecturers with a concentrate on arithmetic and science, and strengthened faculty leadership and administration.
In 2019, the pass rate in Arithmetic arrived at 65 p.c, the highest ever given that the examination was introduced decades back.
He said the proportion of students that rating F9 in arithmetic had declined from 45 per cent in 2015 to 14 percent in 2019. In integrated Science, the pass charge increased from 48 % in 2016 to 63 % in 2019. The proportion of pupils that score F9 in Integrated Science declined from 37 % in 2015 to 10 per cent in 2019.
