MoE inaugurates committee on teacher licensure exams modalities
The Sector Minister in Charge of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has inaugurated a committee to work out modalities for scrapping the Ghana teacher licensure examination (GTLE) and replacing it with an alternative assessment policy.
The seven-member committee, which is chaired by an Educationist, Kwami Alorvi, was inaugurated at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Conference Room in Accra last Friday.
It also comprised a representative from the National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Prof. Samuel Atintonu; the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) representative, Moses Baman Amadu Snr and the Pre-Tertiary Teachers Association of Ghana (PRETAG) representative, Adokwi Ayikwei-Awulley.
Others are the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) representative, Michael Akanvibe Ayuraboya; an Education Consultant and Key Policy Advisor at Transforming Teaching, Education and Learning (T-TEL), Dr Samuel Awuku and the Director of Assessment and Examination at the National Teaching Council (NTC), Nimako Owusu Dorme.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, charged the committee with the responsibility to provide a suitable framework in helping transition from the licensure exams regime to a new one.
He indicated that the National Democratic Congress (NDC), before last year’s election, promised to end the teachers’ licensure regime and would stay true to its commitment to fulfil the campaign promise.
“It’s true that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) campaigned on the manifesto promise that we will end licensure examination. We will keep faith with the electorate, but I need professional advice on this matter
That is why I’m putting this committee together to advise most appropriately on how to work through the transition. A transition from a licensure exam regime to a new licensure examination,” the Education Minister told the committee.
He appealed to the seven-member committee to also assess the promotion challenges in the educational sector, as “many teachers are complaining about promotion, especially in the ladder from deputy director to director”.
For his part, the Chairman of the Committee, Mr Alorvi, expressed gratitude to the Minister in Charge of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, for the trust reposed in them to undertake the duty assigned to the committee.
He affirmed the commitment of the committee to undertake the initiative to help address the Ghana teacher licensure examination (GTLE) problems and concerns of promotion by teachers across the country.
“We will look at the issues very critically and present the appropriate measures that we can adopt,” the chairman of the committee tasked to work out modalities for the teacher licensure examination phase out told Haruna Iddrisu.
