The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum, announced this at the Minister's media briefing, in Accra on Sunday, organised by the Information Ministry. Dr Osei-Adutwum said as part of government’s quest to build a robust education system, it would introduce the National Standards Test to assess and generate evidence on students’ achievement against set national competency standards in literacy and numeracy. The basic four pupils would be the first batch to undergo the novelty test this year. The Minister said the Test would not only improve learning outcomes, but also reduce "Learning Poverty" across the country. "As such, a periodic national exams on primary pupils will give the Ghana Education Service enough time to intervene in the lives of the children," he stated.

Source: GhanaWeb June 07, 2021 01:41 UTC