By: Aruna Kamara (BO)
The Vice Principal of the Bo Government Secondary School, Michael Kosia, has blamed squarely placed the poor performance of the Bo School in the 2022 West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE) on the pupils.
Speaking to A-Z Newspaper in Bo, Mr. Kosia said that his School is on average in terms of performance in this year’s WASSCE Exam, noting that it is not too good and not too bad.
According to him, it is natural in the field of academia that once in a while you fall short but people are asking a question about the poor performance in the WASSCE exam, particularly the old boys of the school are asking such a question.
Mr. Kosia explained that it is just like in the home you know the output of the children and that this year he found out that the out our boys this year is not good , especially when it comes to the sciences.
He said that so many reasons can be advanced for the poor performance, pointing out that the teachers can be blamed but the pupils can largely be blamed for the school being on average in terms of performance.
Mr. Kosia attributed the poor performance of their pupils due to the influence of technology as a lot of them have more time with their mobile phones instead of using them for academic performance and they do not turn up for classes on time.
He, however, said that the school has trained qualified teachers who are committed to teaching and it is expected that the pupil’s study and above all treat their academic work with the seriousness it deserves.
The Vice Principal disclosed that “in as much as Bo School is on the average in terms of performance, I want the people to know that Bo School sent 54 candidates for the 2022 WASSCE Exam and half of that number gets requirement into the University and if we are to do comparative analysis those that send less did well than those that are sending over five hundred, with less requirement to enter the University”.
He concluded that “individually, the students tried but the record that we have, I am not happy with it but we will work on doing well the next time, ’he said, adding that ‘’ we are setting standards and our passing grade to another form is 60%.’’