College Proprietor slams Ghana’s educational system …claims it lacks consistency

Mr. Ernest Agyapong-Bofa, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Secret Effort College (SEC) has identified lack of consistency in the nation’s educational curriculum.

SEC is an accredited WASSCE remedial school, located at Asafo-Labour Roundabout in the Ashanti Region, that seeks to equip students with the needed knowledge and skills to excel in their respective examinations.

He said for students to spend   two months in school and stay at home for three months coupled with the negative use of technology and the scrapping of corporal punishment has contributed to the abysmal performance of students who wrote the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

The latter registered sharp drops in pass rates (Mathematics fell from 66.86% in 2024 to 48.73% in 2025), increased failure rates (F9).

Speaking in an interview with The Chronicle, Mr Agyapong-Bofa disclosed that “constant learning” is very pivotal in educational development hence the need for devising policies that will ensure students learn to their maximum potentials.

He opined  that the practice of students being in school for two months and vacating for three months over the three academic years in the second cycle institutions does not help foster students’ learning capacity.

The CEO also argued that the government should query the decisions of West African Examination Council (WAEC), administrators of WASSCE, indicating that sometimes questions set are beyond “standard”, citing this year’s Core Mathematics paper as an example.

He contended that WAEC’s decision to change the commencement of WASSCE from the month of September to April, effective 2026, is a “bad decision”, explaining that final year students normally get promoted in the month of November and that it would  not give candidates enough time to cover prescribed syllabus, as well as exerting pressure on both teachers and students.

Mr. Agyapong-Bofa disclosed that the practical aspect of Ghana’s educational system is not enough, urging government to put mechanisms to ensure that secondary school students undergo internship in corporate organisation, to help them (students) gain experience.

He as well recommended the reintroduction of corporal punishment into the nation’s education system, to ensure resilience, discipline and hardwork among students and also the regulation of phones and various technological devices in various schools.

He also urged parents and guardians to be strict with their wards to ensure they learn when they vacate.

To enhance the nation’s educational sector, Mr. Ernest Agyapong-Bofa suggested that all stakeholders should hold a round table discussion to devise the best policies to shape Ghana’s educational system.

From Oswald P. Freiku, Kumasi

 

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