Trained teachers from the colleges of education performed better than those from the universities in the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE)

A team of researchers from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has found that trained teachers from the colleges of education performed better than those from the universities in the Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE). The pass rate of those from the colleges was 79%, while that for those from the universities was 71%.

The research, conducted from August 2021 to February 2022, involved over 3,000 respondents who had written the GTLE from 2018 to 2021. The GTLE was introduced by the government in 2019, backed by the Education Act of 2008, Act 778, with the first-ever teacher licensure examination taking place in September 2018.

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It is an examination organised to license and certify all professional teachers in Ghana, aimed at improving the professional standing and status of teachers in the country. The examination covers new teachers entering the service, as well as teachers already in active service who also require the license to practise the profession successfully.

The findings of the research report were presented by Dr. Richardson Addai-Mununkum, a Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy at the UEW, who emphasized the need for universities to re-look at their curricula in relation to the National Teachers Standards (NTS) and ensure that their products were able to improve on their performance.

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