THE Head of the Research Department of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr Joshua J. K. Baku, has urged teachers to assess their students regularly to enable them to focus on their academic programmes.
He said continuous assessment of students enabled them to appreciate their standards and improve upon their weaknesses and also help boost their confidence especially during their final examinations instead of relying on foreign materials.
Mr Baku gave the advice during the first Ashanti Regional WAEC seminar in Kumasi, which was organised by WAEC and attended by teachers and students from selected senior high schools (SHSs) in the Kumasi metropolis and its environs.
He described assessment as a technique to promote improvement in education in a holistic way and called on teachers and organisations involved in the assessment of students to appreciate its role in the education curricula and include it in their programmes.
Mr A. Owusu-Achiaw, Headmaster of Prempeh College, who chaired the programme, advised teachers to make assessment a priority and consider it an integral part of education.
He also urged them to endeavour to standardise the assessment of their students through class and group work and also offer them deserving marks to enable the students to concentrate on their academic programmes.
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