Every year, when students fail WASSCE, we are quick to blame them. We accuse them of spending too much time on TikTok, social media and other distractions. We question their commitment to learning, but how often do we question the system responsible for educating them?
Teachers are expected to do more than stand in front of a classroom. Their work follows them home. Marking scripts, preparing lesson notes, setting exercises, assessing students and planning lessons all require time, energy and resources.
Yet these are people who also have families to feed, bills to pay, transportation to afford and personal struggles to deal with. How do we expect teachers to give their best when the very system that depends on them is failing to provide the conditions that allow them to thrive?
You cannot consistently neglect the welfare of teachers and expect excellence from the students they are responsible for educating.
When students fail, we blame the students. When teachers struggle, we question their commitment. But somehow, the system that places both in these circumstances escapes accountability.
The truth is, students cannot rise above every limitation of their environment, and teachers cannot indefinitely compensate for a failing education system through personal sacrifice.
If we want better WASSCE results, we must look beyond the examination hall. We must examine teachers' welfare, motivation, classroom conditions, teaching resources and the support students receive at home and in school.
The system is failing both the teacher and the student. And until we are willing to confront that reality, we will keep blaming the victims of a problem we refuse to fix.
@K_Boateng05 For Christ's sake, that’s a music video. The video director should have done better than this! I guess a decision should have been made about whether Lasmid should touch her the way he did or not.
@JasperZiggle The use of the quotation marks suggests these are her exact words. I know you want your followers to engage with your tweets. However, you can do a better job than this!
@Uodinas The context is missing. I know how badly you want to defend the post. However, do it with intelligence. The statement is ambiguous, and people have the right to interpret it differently.
@DaddyRuski I understand that you want to defend what the admin has written. However, do it with intelligence. It is not untrue that that the statement is ambiguous! And people have the right to understand it differently.
@weloveghana042 Why must you assume that someone’s post is about you? What kind of infantile behaviour is this? I expected someone who uses the slightest opportunity to remind us that he has a master's degree to be emotionally intelligent.
@al_var0777 _Why must you assume that someone’s post is about you? What kind of infantile behaviour is this? I expected someone who uses the slightest opportunity to remind us that he has a master's degree to be emotionally intelligent._
@sneakernyame These young girls have the temerity to spew gibberish about things they have not experienced before. Disgustingly, they have opinions about almost every topic.