Presbyterian Basic Schools in Koforidua have become the attraction for parents seeking admission in best performing basic schools for their children in the New Juaben Municipality.
This followed government policy a few years ago to hand over mission schools to their mother Churches which had campaigned for such a measure to enable them exert their influence to raise moral and education standards.
Mr Edmund Quaynor, a member of the Governance Issues Forum Network (GIFNet) for New Juaben, said this at a training workshop organized by the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) for GIFNet members across
the country in Ho on Monday.
Mr Quaynor said many parents in the Koforidua Municipality were withdrawing their children from the private schools and enrolling them in Presbyterian Schools such as RIIS and Trinity, setting off competition among public schools to excel.
He said the phenomenal improvement in standards in the Presbyterian schools was as a result of a policy by the Church to see its schools across the country become the best.
Another participant however observed that the visible change following the handing over of the Mission schools were the change of uniforms.
Other participants said continuous assessments forms were not being professionally administered by teachers.
They said trained teachers from the public schools were enrolling their children in private schools, while the Head-teachers of
public schools appeared not to take keen interest to ensure that teachers were committed to teaching lessons well.
They suggested that teachers and head teachers should sign performance contracts by which they should be assessed.