Failing the Future: Former TTAG Coordinator questions UEW’s administrative lapses and their threat to teacher education in Ghana
Former Teacher Trainees’ Association of Ghana (TTAG) Coordinator, Mr. Joshua Owusu Yeboah, has questioned UEW’s administrative lapses and their threat to teacher education in Ghana.
According to Joshua Yeboah, “For over four (4) years, the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has displayed a troubling pattern of inconsistencies in the release of trainee teachers’ results, leaving thousands of students from Colleges of Education in distress. This persistent issue raises serious concerns about the university’s credibility and its ability to oversee teacher education in Ghana.
He added that “A particularly disturbing trend is what is happening now. Trainee teachers who initially received grades such as A or B+ have mysteriously seen them downgraded to C, E, or even IC (Incomplete) within days. This chaotic grading system questions UEW’s commitment to transparency and academic integrity.”
“What is even more alarming, funny, and sad is the fact that some trainees who have taken resit exams are now being asked to rewrite them at an additional cost because their exam scripts have allegedly gone missing.”
“How can a university entrusted with training the nation’s future educators mismanage something as fundamental as students’ academic records? Such negligence is not only unacceptable but also unjust to trainees who have invested their time, effort, and financial resources into their education.”
“The situation has become so critical that the Teacher Trainee Association of Ghana (TTAG) has had to intervene, engaging with faculty members responsible for Colleges of Education to demand answers. But should trainee teachers have to go to such lengths just to ensure their results are accurately recorded and fairly processed?”
“According to Joshua Owusu Yeboah, former National Coordinator of the Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana, this raises a fundamental question:
Is UEW truly prepared to oversee teacher training institutions across the country?”
“Given these repeated failures, he believes the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) must reconsider the decision to place Colleges of Education under UEW’s administration. He argues that the university’s inability to manage trainee teachers’ results effectively exposes a level of incompetence that threatens the quality of teacher education in Ghana. He questions how UEW can be trusted to produce well-trained educators for the country’s future if it cannot fulfill such a basic responsibility.”
“He asserts that UEW must take immediate steps to rectify these lapses. A clear example to follow is the University of Cape Coast (UCC), which has maintained a more consistent and reliable approach to managing students’ results and academic records. In his view, if UEW truly wants to uphold its mandate as a leading teacher training institution, it must act swiftly to restore credibility. Otherwise, its reputation and the future of Ghana’s education system will continue to suffer.”
“He emphasizes that the time for excuses is over. The future of Ghana’s teacher education system is at stake, and UEW must rise to the occasion or risk being left behind.”
SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh
