The Acting Director-General of GES, Dr Eric Nkansah visited some schools within the Korle Klottey Municipal in the Greater Accra Region and Oforikrom Municipal in Ashanti Region on 5th and 9th December, 2022.The visit forms part of the DG’s school monitoring of the ongoing National Standardised Test (NST).
The schools visited were:
1. Osu Presbyterian Boys Primary School
2. St. Thomas KG/Primary, Osu
3. Ayigya M/A Basic School
4. Sacred Heart R/C Primary, Ayigya
He also met and interacted with the primary and Junior High School teachers of the schools.
The results of the National Standardized Test (NST) will generate data at the national level and identify the learning gaps that need to be addressed.
In addition, the NST will provide data to identify and analyse variations in learner achievement by region, gender, location and school type.
This year’s NST is being administered to all Primary 2 and Primary 4 pupils in public and some private schools from 5th to 15th December 2022.