POOR TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIOS PLAGUE READING AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF STUDENTS- GATE SECRETARY

Hard on the heels of the poor reading and comprehension skills of our children in schools, the Ghana Association Of Teachers’ of English (GATE) attributes poor teacher students ratio as being one of the factors contributing to the daunting trend.      

The National Secretary of the Ghana Association Of Teachers’ of English Mr Charles Wese Kufia said although schools are still battling with inadequate furniture, classroom blocks and low motivation of teachers, poor teacher to student ratio remains the outstanding factor contributing to the abysmal performance of  students  in the country.   He said the disheartening ratios especially that of English teachers are having rippling effects on the reading and comprehension skills of students. Mr Charles wese kufia said the few English teachers in the system were often seen grabbling for schools in the urban areas making the situation more pronounced in the rural areas.  

He revealed this at a five day delegates’ conference for members of the association which is being held in Ho, the Volta regional capital. The 15^th delegates conference is under the theme ‘’ addressing the fall of students’ academic performance, the roles of the learner and the English language teacher’’.