By Prince Nornorme
Ve-Golokuati (V/R), Sept. 24, GNA – Senior High Schools in the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region have recorded low performance in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with some schools recording qualification rates below five per cent.
According to data from the Volta Regional Education Directorate, only 15.32 per cent of candidates across the region obtained grades A1 to C6 in all four core subjects – English Language, Social Studies, Integrated Science and Mathematics.
In Afadzato South District, the results were Agate Community Senior High School – 17 out of 96 candidates qualified, representing 18 per cent, Ve Community Senior High School – 6 out of 136 candidates qualified, representing 4 per cent.
Again, Leklebi Senior High School – 0 out of 202 candidates qualified, representing 0 per cent with Jim Bourton Memorial Agricultural Senior High School – 1 out of 357 candidates qualified, representing less than one per cent.
Agate Community SHS recorded the highest qualification rate among the four schools in the district, while Leklebi SHS recorded no candidate qualifying in all four core subjects.
The results have raised concerns among stakeholders about academic performance in the district.
The situation highlights the need for targeted interventions to support teachers and students to improve learning outcomes.
Stakeholders acknowledge that improving education outcomes comes with challenges confronting schools, teachers, students and parents.
However, the results should also serve as an opportunity for stakeholders to reflect, strengthen existing interventions, and find practical ways to improve academic performance.
Mrs Yvonne Akpene Ame-Bruce, the District Director of Education for Afadzato South, the District Chief Executive, Mr Manfred Tawiah told Ghana News Agency that, the school authorities, teachers, parents and other education stakeholders have been encouraged to intensify their efforts and work together to support improved learning outcomes across the district.
Greater attention to the core subjects, regular academic monitoring, teacher support, parental involvement, remedial programmes and improved learning resources could help provide students with the additional support they need.
The 2025 WASSCE results should therefore not only be seen as a setback, but also as a call for renewed collaboration and stronger interventions to help students in Afadzato South achieve better results in future examinations.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Benjamin Mensah