2022 NST: Performance of Basic 4 Learners in English Language better than in Mathematics

EducationGhana| August 11| 2022 NST: Performance of Basic 4 Learners in the English Language better than in Mathematics:

The performance of the pupils in the English Language of the Basic 4 National Standardized Test organised in 2022 was fairly better than in Mathematics.

Fifty per cent of the pupils performed below B in English, while the other 50 per cent was made up of 15 per cent B, 14 per cent P and 21 per cent A.

The Ashanti Region firmly positioned itself as the second-best performing region in both English Language and Mathematics after the Ahafo Region, with the Bono East and the Bono regions clinching the third and fourth places, respectively, in both subjects.

The Central Region, however, recorded the highest scores in the English Language, with 41 per cent of its pupils scoring 80 per cent or above in the subject, followed by the North East Region, which had 40 per cent of its pupils scoring 80 per cent and above in the subject.

The test, which was conducted on December 17, last year to determine the performance level of each pupil, was a curriculum-based competency assessment programme that reflected the entire curriculum.

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A total of 32,508 out of the 398,698 pupils who presented themselves for the English Language test did not write it, while 31,720 out of the 399,486 pupils registered to write the Mathematics test did not take part.

The NST is for the assessment of curriculum standards, including reading, writing, arithmetic and creativity, knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that are central to the new pre-tertiary education curriculum.

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