When Will 2024 NTC Licensure Exams Registration Forms Be Out?

When Will 2024 NTC Licensure Exams Registration Forms Be Out – The Professional Teaching Licence is the highest mark of professional accomplishment that makes the Ghanaian teacher a member of a larger network of accomplished educators shaping the profession and human lives.

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It demonstrates the legal authorization of the mandate of the NTC, indicating that a teacher has met all the standards required for the profession.

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Purpose of the Licensure Examination

The NTC is mandated by the Education Act 2008 (ACT 778), Section 9, to license teachers in Ghana.
The Licensing Examination aims to enable candidates (teachers) to acquire a professional license.
It also aims to prepare teachers to meet the National Teachers’ Standards demands of possessing the minimum knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes (competencies and experience) necessary to deliver effectively in schools.

Reliability and Validity of the Examination

An excellent Professional Examination should be reliable and valid to produce consistent results.
The validity here is based on the premise that a candidate who passes the Professional Examination should be confident and knowledgeable and meet the Ghana Teachers’ Standards and the Global Standards.
The Professional Examination should fit for purpose. This means that the intended professional examination content is not a pure academic examination.

Curriculum Areas For Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE)

The Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination is based on the following broad curriculum areas:
The National Teachers’ Standards
Numeracy (basic Computation)
Literacy (Verbal Aptitude, Essay)

Preparing for the Examination

A Licensure Examination requires significant time, personnel, logistics, and funds to develop.
Generally, each test item appearing in an examination takes a day or two to plan, write and review before the thing is suitable for use in an examination.
Additional time is also required to edit, moderate, review, bank, sort, distribute, provide security, and administer the items in an examination.
The NTC may contract testing consultants or test providers who could evaluate the psychometric quality of the examination before administering it (the examination).

Pass Mark

The maximum score for each examination is 100%. However, candidates must obtain at least 50% points to pass each category.