GNAT cautions teachers against exam malpractices

The
Ghana
National
Association
of
Teachers
(GNAT)
is
cautioning
teachers
engaging
in
examination
malpractice
to
desist
from
such
irresponsible
acts.

This
follows
reports
of
malpractice
during
the
just-ended
2024
Basic
Education
Certificate
Examination
(BECE),
which
led
to
the
arrest
of
some
teachers.

The
Association,
while
condemning
the
act,
says
it
will
not
provide
support
to
any
member
found
guilty.

Speaking
to
the
media
on
the
sidelines
of
a
week-long
in-service
training
for
teachers
from
the
Volta
and
Eastern
Regions,
the
Deputy
General
Secretary
of
GNAT,
Amadu
Moses
Baman
Snr.,
noted
that
the
association
is
yet
to
get
full
details
of
the
teachers
involved
in
the
act.

“Our
children
who
were
in
Junior
High
School
Three
wrote
the
BECE
exams,
and
I
believe
it
was
reported
on
the
airwaves
that
some
teachers
were
actually
arrested.
We
are
yet
to
find
out
who
and
whom.
We
don’t
know
the
details
of
who
was
arrested
or
who
was
not
arrested.
But
we
think
that
it
is
important
to
tell
our
teachers
that
we
should
desist
from
malpractice.
If
we
have
prepared
our
children,
let
us
allow
them
to
go
and
write.
It
doesn’t
help
any
of
us.”

Baman
revealed
that
GNAT
aims
to
train
1,000
teachers
this
year
from
the
Ashanti,
Eastern,
and
Volta
Regions
and
emphasized
the
need
for
continuous
professional
development
to
meet
21st-century
global
standards.

“I
will
tell
you
that
the
programme
was
very
good.
It
was
participatory.
They
actively
participated
in
the
programme.
The
facilitators
did
very
well
and
they
are
calling
for
an
expansion
and
extension
of
time.
So
based
on
this,
we
think
that
the
Ghana
Education
Service,
which
has
it
as
its
core
mandate
to
organise
in-service
training
for
teachers
to
build
their
capacity
so
that
they
can
get
back
to
classrooms
and
be
able
to
perform
effectively
and
efficiently.”

“They
need
to
prioritise
this
because
this
year
alone,
GNAT
is
training
about
1,200
GNAT
members
who
are
teachers
at
the
pre-teaching
level.
They
are
drawn
from
our
primary
schools
and
our
junior
high
schools.
So
if
GNAT
is
doing
this,
we
think
that
the
Ghana
Education
Service
should
also
look
at
it.”