Ghana Education News has reliable information that the September Teacher Licensure Exam has been postponed.
The National Teaching Council has postponed the September Teacher Licensure Exam for all applicants. The examination which was scheduled to be written on 23rd and 24th September would be delayed by a month.
The new date for the examination is 23rd and 24th October 2021. The new date offers candidates an additional one month to prepare for the examination. The recent results of the examination have been on the low side as the rate of failure has gone up.
According to the NTC, The Koforidua Asokore SDA College of Education Centre has been moved to The Presbyterian Women College of Education at Aburi, the NTC.
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The examination has to be passed by all new teachers who intend to be posted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to any public school in Ghana.
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Failure to excel in all subjects taken during the examination will prohibit a candidate from being posted. However, those who fail have the opportunity to resit the examination and pass.
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In a related development, the NTC has advised principals preparing for the licensure examination postponed to October 2021 to visit the Ghana Police and seek police escort during the conduct of the examination.
The purpose of the Teacher Licensure examination is to ensure teaches meet the minimum professional requirements (knowledge, skills, values, and the needed attitudes) for teaching before they are posted to various schools.
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