Liberia, Aug. 6 -- Kakata, Margibi County - The Principal of St. Augustine's Episcopal Mission High School in Kakata Abe Kortu Kekula has lambasted the Ministry of Education for setting passing mark in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) as a pre-requisite for the graduation of 12 th graders, terming the mandate as a violation of the country's education administrative and management policies.

Kekula argues that the Ministry's recent mandate was outside established standing policies of the education policy of the country.

"What constitutes graduation is the first thing the Ministry has not been able to define," Kekula said. "Graduation is completing a course required by a student. The ministry is defining gradu...