By: Edzorna Francis Mensah.
A Member of Parliament for La Dade Kotopon Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Rita Naa Odorley Sowah, has visited Senior High Schools under her jurisdiction to motivate candidates for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, which commenced on Wednesday, September 1.
The MP, together with La Dade Kotopon Municipal Director of Education, Habiba Kotomah interacted with the Candidates, School Heads, Invigilators, and some of the Teachers at the time of her visitation before, the commencement of the first paper, English Language (Oral) visited La Presbyterian Senior High School, St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School, and Labone Senior High School except for Armed Forces Senior High School located at Burma Camp due to time factor.
Her visit was to admonish the student body at large and to specifically encourage the WASSCE Candidates to give all out to pass to the next level of their educational career.
She fortified the candidates to put unrelated activities behind them throughout the examination period and write all the papers once and for all.
Speaking to the media, The MP reiterated her love for Education….. “WASSCE is important to me and as an MP for the area; I needed to motivate them to give out their best. Over the years, I have worked with them as MCE then, so today is no different”
“When we were going round you have seen that their morals are high and so I have made them to understand that, it is not too late for them to read their books, consult friends and even teachers for extra knowledge to finish hard,” she added.
She is hopeful of better grades this year. The Municipal Director of Education, Habiba Kotomah on his part noted that they have prepared the students well enough in order to change the story in Greater Accra.
According to her, “BECE candidates in Greater Accra we (La Dadekotopon) are doing well but when it comes to WASSCE we are always lagging behind and so this year, we put in a lot of strategies to ensure that in WASSCE also we do well.”
“Prior to this, we have encouraged them, mentored them, and sensitized them enough on dos and don’ts and what constitute examination malpractices”. In all, a total of 3,311 candidates from the four schools are writing.
The MP was accompanied by the Constituency Chairman, Alhaji Ishmila Obodai Anaai; the Secretary, Edem Nyamador; the organizer, Robert Mensah Edein; and the Youth Organizer, Francis Anderson.
La Dadekotopon Municipal Education office was established in June 2013 and it consists of 7 circuits. It has an enrolment of 33,000 pupils in public basic schools and 44,000 pupils in private basic schools. It has 4 public senior high schools and a private SHS in the municipality.
The 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for all students, which commences today, 1st September 2021 has about four hundred and forty-six thousand, three hundred and twenty-one (446,321) candidates from 965 schools with 651 public schools and 314 private schools nationwide.
The total number of candidates comprises 221,437 males and 234,884 females which is an increase of 18.78% over the 2020 figure of 375,767.
