The Municipal Director of Education for Abuakwa South, Mrs. Comfort Ofori Appiah, has disclosed that the performance of candidates in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has improved over the past two years in the Municipality,as a result of the introduction of Kingsley Science and Math Quiz.
According to her, per the statistics available, schools within the Municipality after taking part in the quiz, have recorded a momentous improvement in the BECE results. According to her, she was hopeful that this year the Municipality will record single digit results in the BECE and also improve upon its previous performance.
“Last year, in 2022, the BECE results as analysed were 67.17 percent. We are yet to receive the standardised tests for Basic 2 and Basic 4. But we are hopeful that the performance will be massive,” she noted.
She made this observation last Friday at the auditorium of the Kibi Presbyterian College of Education, during the finals of the Kingsley Quiz, comprising the Kingsley Spelling Challenge and the Kingsley Science and Math Quiz.
She continued that while government has taken it upon itself to improve infrastructure in education across the country as a whole, it is very gratifying to see people like Dr. Agyemang doing their best to complement these efforts from the government.
“I believe Dr. Agyemang hasn’t exhausted his ideas in terms of education in this municipality and I also call on others to come on board. We have other interventions we want to enroll in, like the reading intervention at the lower level”.
Mrs. Ofori Appiah used the opportunity to call on the students to take advantage of the various quiz programmes.
“We shouldn’t disappoint Dr. Kingsley Agyemang. We can see that the investment in these quizzes is huge and if districts are excelling, your Municipality shouldn’t be left out. Congratulations to all the contestants,” she said.
Commitment
Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, who is the Registrar of the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat, in his speech tasked the students not to rest on their oars, but to continue to aspire higher because, according to him, he sees greatness in all of them, but that it will take hard work to get there.
‘’You are lucky to have all these educational interventions at your disposal, and the best you can do is take advantage of them and be great men and women for mother Ghana. Some of us did not have this opportunity, but with determination and hard work, we succeeded. How much more you who have all these interventions and tools at your disposal”, he said.
He firmly gave the assurance that his commitment to education was non-negotiable and that he would do all he could to keep improving education in the Municipality.
Winners
Asiakwa Roman Catholic Basic School and Bunso M/A Junior High School won the Kingsley Spelling Challenge and the Kingsley Science and Math Quiz respectively.
The Kingsley Spelling Challenge, which is in its third year, saw three schools, namely Akosua Agyeiwaa Memorial Methodist Basic, Kibi M/A Experimental Basic and Asiakwa R/C Basic Schools shortlisted for the finals after competingwith some 72 primary schools within the municipality.
The Kingsley Science and Maths Quiz also had Bunso M/A JHS emerging as winners with KPCE Demonstration and Akosua Agyeiwaa Methodist JHS taking the first and second runners-up positions, with 41 points and 40 points respectively.
Honour
The Abuakwa South Educational Directorate used the occasion to honor Dr. Agyemang for his enormous investments in education in the Municipality.
He was honoured on the basis of his social interventions, such as the Kingsley Science and Math Quiz, Time with Kingsley, Kingsley Spelling Challenge, Kingsley Free Vacation Classes and the provision of free food and buses for BECE candidates, among others.
