PRIVATE SCHOOLS PERFORMED BETTER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE, BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL EDUCATION, PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER (UE/R).

Education in the Bolgatanga Municipality in terms of academic performance seems to be improving, but the trend and the interval are what many stakeholders see as a worrying situation.
In an interview with the Bolgatanga Municipal Education Public Relations Officer in the Upper East Region, Mr Agunga-Dongo Frederick Ayine on Bluewaves Radio 93.7

He highlighted some of the problems that most of the schools in the municipality are facing, including teenage pregnancy, infrastructure deficit, poor parent-teacher relationships, and many more.
Mr Frederick believed that the municipal educational directorate was trying to break that gap, but he admitted it wouldn’t be easy.
According to Mr Frederick, the Directorate has improved on the number of examination centres in the municipality to ease the stress most parents go through for their wards to the Basic Education Certificate Examination ( BECE ) ” some parents have to buy mattresses and seel for accommodation for their wards just for five days for them to take the exams which we thought it’s unfair hence we have created additional totalling it to 13 examination centers for the municipality unlike before where some of the candidates have to come and lodge with relative before they can write the exams, we have some centres at Sherigu, kalibion to aid the smoothness of the exams ” he stated.
Again, Mr Frederick admitted that the Bolgatanga Municipal education recorded three pregnancy cases, but no lactating mothers were among them during the exam period, and he then urged the parents to take care of their wards during their teenage years.
He then mentioned that most pregnant teenagers are from the suburbs and, most especially, the mining communities, which is not helping.

Mr Frederick explained that the municipality registered 3161 candidates from 84 schools, 54 from public schools, and 30 from private schools.
1416 of the total are boys whilst 1751 are girls, which he thinks breaks the gender equality issues.
However, according to Mr Frederick, most of the good grades from grades 6 to 18 mostly come from the private schools, which he lamented.
He then calls on the government and stakeholders in education, including the media, to rise and advocate for proper infrastructure issues at the best school level