The National Teaching Council (NTC) has asked all teachers who will be sitting for the licensure examination not to entertain the thought of fear of failing.

NTC Executive Secretary, Dr Evelyn Oduro, told Ghana Yensom on Accra 100.5FM Monday, 3 September 2018 that: “The teachers won’t fail, I don’t expect them to entertain the fear of failure because the examination will centre on the things they have learned. They shouldn’t entertain the thoughts of failure at all.

“This is a professional examination, and, so, we will ask basic questions. For instance, if you did science, basic science-related questions will be asked and they can answer.”

Some teacher groups have kicked against the examination. A group of teacher trainees on Tuesday, 28 August hit the streets in Kumasi to protest against it.

The group claims that the intended examination is a strategy by government to cut down on the number of teachers employed, and by so doing, deny them their livelihood.

The group, numbering about 500, converged on the premises of the Wesley College of Education at New Tafo (Krofrom), paraded through some principal streets in the Kumasi metropolis and presented their petition to the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council.

The demonstrators, clad in red bands, carried placards, some of which read: "Where are the learning materials NTC," "Say No to Licence Exams", "We are tired of your empty promises NTC."

But Dr Oduro said the teachers should embrace the examination because it is in their interest.

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