A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) committed to supporting students preparing for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination has organised a career development seminar for underprivileged students in the Awutu Senya West area.
Impacting the Next Generation Foundation invited several experts to share their experiences and insights on career paths with students preparing for this year’s BECE.
The NGO facilitated discussions and interactions among students, focusing on learning strategies and more.
Princess Akuwa Agbesi, the leader of the organisation, believes the training will significantly influence the students’ career paths after they complete their basic education and as they focus on their secondary and university education.
“At Impacting the Next Generation Foundation we are a transformative action-driven non-governmental organization where we engage young students with academic support, we provide resources and mentorship with our flagship program being mentorship for Basic Education Certificate Examination at that level,” Princess Akuwa Agbesie said.
Addressing the issue of examination leakage, the leader of the organisation stressed that thorough investigations must be conducted to ensure that culprits are brought to justice.
She pointed out that examination leakages often devalue certificates from that particular level, making it challenging for students from that level to secure better academic qualifications.
“Leakage of examination questions is a disservice to the students, to the school and to the institutions that they represent and it doesn’t benefit anybody when you haven’t truly acquired the knowledge required of you at a particular level. I think it has to be taken seriously and required investigations done anytime there is leakage,” Princess Akuwa Agbesie said.
She also highlighted the success of the 4th edition of the seminar, noting that students have personally connected with resource persons and speakers on various career paths.
“The 4th edition has been successful in the sense that students have been able to bond with resource persons to share their struggles and challenges. Break-out sections were organized to help monitor and get feedback from students on the impact of the seminar,” Madam Agbesie said.
Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya West, Gizella Tetteh Agbotui, is urging the West African Examination Council to treat the issues of exam leakage as a national security issue. She added that the government must settle its debts to the examination body to ensure that staff are not tempted to leak papers.
“My simple advice to WAEC is to take the paper security as a national security issue. Children get disappointed when they spend hours and days studying only to find out that there have been leakages and that has forced them to cancel the paper.
“Other than that if there are other alternatives to WAEC people would go for it. Government must also pay monies owed WAEC to help them operate otherwise when there are leakages you see people attributing it to that,” Awutu Senya West MP Gizella Tetteh Agbotui told Citi News.
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