44000 teachers fail Licensure Examinations-National Teaching Council revealed

44,000 teachers who wrote the 2022 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations have failed, according National Teaching Council.

The Council says 120, 000 teachers wrote the exams.

The Registrar for the National Teaching Council, Dr Christian Addai-Poku revealed this at the 2022/23 Cohort – Leading Girls’ Learning Programme town hall meeting.

He said the results of the examinations were worrying, considering the poor performance of the teachers who were supposed to be imparting knowledge to children.

Dr Addai-Poku said the knowledge and capacities of teachers needed to be continually developed to enable them excel in their profession.

He stressed that the continuous professional development of teachers enable them to sharpen their skills and upgrade their teaching profession.

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