Colleges of Education Record Abysmal Performance Of Level 100 Students On The New B.ED. Programme

The long-awaited results of Level 100 trainee teachers which was held back in March this year have finally been released much to the shock of
the first year trainees who sat the examination conducted by the Institute of
Education, University of Cape Coast Students have been dissatisfied and
disappointed upon seeing their results.

Clearly, the results were not what they expected. There was abysmal performance in some courses taken in the
exams. The worse affected courses are Algebra, Language and Linguistics and
General Biology. Reports indicate that in some Colleges,
some students have threatened to pack bag and baggage and go home because
they are very down spirited. Others have recoiled into their shells contemplating
what to do next. Also, some Principals have directed their Guidance and
Counseling Units to counsel the affected students.

Interacting with some trainee teachers from
various Colleges of Education, nationwide, as to what contributed to the mass failure in the first semester exams, they lamented
about the over one month strike action by their tutors. They also complained about most of the handouts not corresponding with course outlines and examination questions from UCC while some courses
were without handouts and reading materials. Others raised concerns about
tutors spending most instructional hours traveling for workshops, which affected
their studies.

The release of the Level 100 B.Ed. students' exam results had been delayed for over two
weeks due to an earlier rejection by the Professional Board of the Institute of
Education.

 The Professional Board had
intervened to avert what would have been a catastrophic outcome of the maiden
examination for the new B.Ed. programme which begun in all 46 Colleges of
Education in Ghana. According to our sources, the current results released by the Institute is far better than the earlier one that
the Professional Board rejected.
Speaking to the news desk team of the
Journal, the Director at the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast, Prof. Frederick Ocansey urged the affected
students to remain calm and prepare
themselves for the resit in September 2019. He added, “I will like to use this opportunity to urge trainees not to allow the current situation they find themselves in with regards to the first semester results to affect them in preparing towards the second semester examinations
since there is going to be an opportunity for them to Re-sit the referred papers.
They need to be cautious and study much harder because they will have to meet the required grade point
average before they can progress to level 200”.
Prof. Frederick Ocansey also admonished trainees not lose sight of the fact that this is a first
degree programme and to ensure equity and parity with what is being ran in UCC and other
universities, the academic progression policy will apply. These are; A level 100 student who loses a total of twelve (12) credits for an academic year (either in the first, second or in both semesters) will be dismissed for poor academic performance for that academic year.

Meanwhile, the on-line registration for Re-sit students (Level 100 – 300) is scheduled for 1st – 6th September, 2019. Affected students will be required to pay GH¢100 per paper for the Re-sit.

Deadline for payment of Re-sit fees to the Institute of Education is Friday, 6th
September 2019.

The Re-sit examinations for both first and second semester is scheduled for 7th – 21st September, 2019 at the various Re-sit centres for affected students in level 100 – 300.

Source: News Desk Team, CoE-WJ

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