Kojo Nsafoah Poku, a former New Patriotic Party presidential aspirant, says the decline seen in senior high school education is now showing up in universities, and the signs are becoming harder to ignore.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, he told host Moro Awudu that a professor friend at KNUST recently explained why many lecturers have abandoned comprehension-based exams for multiple-choice questions.
According to him, the quality of writing from students has dropped so sharply that lecturers now find it easier to avoid reading long answers altogether.
Nsafoah Poku said his colleague described exam scripts that read exactly like WhatsApp messages, with students carrying the same shorthand, grammar and casual tone straight into their university assessments.
What worries him most, he added, is that the issue is not limited to undergraduates. “What you’ll read from postgraduate students is appalling,” he said.
The discussion centred on the poor performance in the 2025 WASSCE, which has stirred political debate across the country.
Nsafoah Poku cautioned against the usual NDC–NPP blame game, arguing that the crisis goes beyond partisan lines. He insisted that stakeholders such as the Ghana Education Service, GNAT and NAGRAT must confront their own failings.
He described the results as a wake-up call and said the country must address the roots of the problem instead of trading political accusations.
“The kids in secondary now going to tertiary, I think we’ve lost them,” he said.
