Bolgatanga (Upper East), 31st May ’99 —
Oral English is now compulsory for candidates of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) as from November 1999.
Mrs Charity Asare, National President of the Ghana Association of Teachers of English (GATE), announced this during a tour of the Upper East region to discuss with teachers on how to raise the standard of English language in schools.
Mrs Asare noted that English language is the gate to the learning of the other subjects and said that the introduction of Oral English would go a long way to help improve upon the overall performance.
Mr M.M. Doh, National Secretary of GATE, said a national delegates conference would be held on August 31 in Kumasi to brief teachers on current techniques in teaching the English language, and urged headmasters to sponsor their English tutors to the conference.
Mr Doh was not happy with the poor performance of students in the English Language and urged teachers to work extra hard to reverse the trend.
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