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  • NPP Vice Chair donates maths set, pens to Nwabiagya South BECE candidates

    NPP Vice Chair donates maths set, pens to Nwabiagya South BECE candidates

    The First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Atwima Nwabiagya South constituency of the Ashanti Region, John Kwame Duodu has donated 4,200 sets of mathematical instruments to the education authorities in the area.

    This donation was made with the purpose of ensuring that all candidates taking the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have access to the essential learning tools they need.

    The presentation of the mathematical sets was carried out free of charge and was part of an initiative to support the preparedness of the candidates.

    Mr. Duodu, also known as Sir John, emphasized that these are challenging times, and not all parents can afford such materials for their children, particularly when preparing for an external exam like the BECE.

    Therefore, in consultation with the party leadership, including the Member of Parliament, he decided to make this donation to boost the confidence of the students.

    During a brief ceremony at the Municipal Education Directorate in Nkawie on Monday, July 31, Sir John highlighted the achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration in the education sector.

    He also reminded the candidates that they would benefit from the Free Senior High School policy if they perform well in the exams.

    The Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipal Director of the Ghana Education Service, Juliana Essel Cudjoe, gratefully received the donated items. She praised Mr. Duodu’s kindness and described the gesture as timely.

    She also mentioned some of the interventions implemented by her office to support the students before, during, and after the elections. With the upcoming BECE scheduled to take place from Monday, August 7 to Friday, August 11, 2023, she expressed hope that these learning materials would greatly aid the candidates in the municipality to perform excellently.

    For 14-year-old Ursula Amoh Mensah, one of the JHS final-year students in the country, the timely arrival of the mathematical instruments will undoubtedly be of immense help.

  • GES denies reports on cancelling BECE

    The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for junior high school students is not going to be canceled, according to the Ghana Education Service (GES).

    GES explained that it is moving from the old objectives-based curriculum to the standards-based curriculum, which is likely to change the nature and form of the BECE.

    Speaking at a stakeholder engagement on the grading system by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the Director General of GES, Dr. Eric Nkansah, said reports of the purported cancellation of the BECE are untrue.

    “We are not cancelling the BECE. What is confusing people or some of our people is that we are now moving away from the old objectives-based curriculum to the standards-based curriculum, and it does not mean that those on the standards-based curriculum will not write BECE. They will also write but perhaps the nature and form may change. So please don’t communicate that we are not writing BECE.”

    The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is conducted by WAEC and serves as a standard exam for junior high school graduates who are about to enter senior high school.

  • Post BECE get-together banned in Builsa

    The Builsa Traditional Council in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region, has banned all forms of post Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) jamborees and get-together in the area.

    The Council has explained that the decision was intended to “avoid the many bad incidences that characterize these programmes, some of which include sexual activities that lead to teenage pregnancies, violent fights and injuries, theft and drug or substance abuse among others.

    “I wish to state unequivocally that there shall be no holding of get-togethers and jams within the Buluk Traditional Area this year 2022 or any after-party,” the Sandem Nab Azagsuk Azantilow, Paramount Chief of the area, said in a signed statement copied the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sandema.

    Nab Azantilow, who is the President of the Council, called on Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Traditional Area to draw the attention of all Head Teachers of Basic Schools to the directive.

    “I also call on drinking spot operators to desist from attempting to carry out the activity in any form or shape they may intend to brand it, as this would not be tolerated within the Builsa Traditional Area any more.

    “It is my firm belief that together we all help keep safe our lovely young pupils from the danger that these events bring,” the Paramount Chief said.

    Nab Azantilow on behalf of the Chiefs and people of Buluk, wished the candidates success in the just ended BECE, saying “It is our fervent hope and prayers that you would make yourselves, your parents and teachers and the Council proud, and that your hard work would pay off.”

    In a related development, the Rural Initiative for Self-Empowerment- Ghana (RISE-Ghana), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in a statement copied to the GNA, commended the Builsa Traditional Council for the initiative.

    The statement, signed by its Executive Director, Mr Awal Ahmed Kariama said, the practice of organizing post-exam jamboree and parties had become an avenue for various forms of abuses including sexual exploitation, which needed proactive measures across all facets of society.

    The NGO, a member of the Upper East Regional Child Protection Network and the Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health, said the initiative by the Council was a “step worthy of praise and emulation.”

    It said the action by the Builsa Council was in line with Ghana’s Children’s Act 560 and the United Nations Conventions on the Right of the Child, which morally and legally obligated all stakeholders to “promote the best interest of the child” in all matters concerning children.

    RISE-Ghana said “It is our hope that, other Traditional Councils and mandated stakeholders will not only give the needed support but emulate such an innovative gesture.”

    Source:GNA

  • Hohoe BECE Centres record eight absentees

    Four Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) centres in the Hohoe Municipality have recorded eight absentee students.

    Last year, three centres in the Municipality recorded 21 absentees.

    A total of 1,881 students in the Municipality are sitting for this year’s examination, which would be held at five centres.

    Mr Daniel Noble Awume, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), during a tour to some of the centres of the Municipality, urged the students to thrive hard to pass their examinations.

    He noted that Free Senior High School would be available, hence, the importance for all to make good use of the opportunity.

    He admonished the students to remain calm after their exams, adding that there was no need to mark events and engage in activities that could endanger their lives.

    The MCE on behalf of Mr John-Peter Amewu, Hohoe Constituency Member of Parliament, presented about 2,000 branded Mathematical sets to the students as support.

    He also made a presentation of snack packs to teachers and invigilators at the centres.

    Madam Janet Valerie Datsa Agbotse, the Hohoe Municipal Education Director, on behalf of the students expressed gratitude to the MP for the donation.

    She urged the students to learn and pass their exams successfully.

    Mr Solomon Amankwah, in charge of the St. Francis College of Education Centre, disclosed to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that a male student was absent out of the 589 students writing at the centre.

    He said he was informed that the student stopped going to school after registration for the exams.

    Mr Kutanu Richard, in charge of the Hohoe E.P SHS Centre, said four students out of 466 were absent but was unaware of the reason for their absenteeism.

    Mr Forster Asante, in charge of the Hohoe E.P Basic Schools Centre, told GNA that two out of 457 students were absent.

    He said information he had indicated that one of the students was no longer in the Municipality while they could not reach out to the other absentee after several phone calls.

    Mr Kafui Akorlie, in charge of the Alavanyo Wudidi M/A JHS, said one out of the 158 students at the Centre was absent.

    He said information picked up was that the male student absentee was involved in an accident.

    Source:GNA  

  • Tema West MCE cautions candidates against engaging in malpractices

    Candidates for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been cautioned against engaging in any act of examination malpractices.

    Ms Anna Adukwei Addo, Tema West Municipal Chief Executive gave the caution during a visit to some examination centres.

    The MCE accompanied by Mr Isaac McCarthy, Tema West Education Director, and other officials visited the Tema Secondary School, Trinity Lutheran School, and Queensland International School centres.

    She expressed optimism that the candidates would perform well in the BECE as per the results from the two mock examinations organised for them by the Assembly.

    She added the Assembly was aware that the candidates had been taken through the necessary preparations by their teachers and therefore must do away with fear and concentrate on what they had learnt to excel in the examination.

    The Tema West MCE also appealed to the invigilators to create a conducive environment for the candidate to relax and write the paper devoid of unnecessary fear and panic.

    Meanwhile a total of 4,023 candidates made up of 2,133 girls and 1,890 boys are sitting for this year’s exam at 13 centres in the Municipality.

    Mr McCarthy on his part reminded the candidates that the exams would cover a little bit of all the things they had learnt in their basic education and therefore encouraged them to write to the best of their ability.

    Out of the total, 2,214 registered from the public basic schools, 1,809 were from private schools.

    The one-week BECE commenced nationwide on Monday, October 17 at 0900 hours with Social Studies, and Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) as the first two papers for Day One.

    Source:GNA

  • Two lactating mothers, four pregnant girls writing BECE at Nabdam

    Two lactating mothers and four visibly pregnant girls are writing the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.

    Only two out of the 649 candidates expected to sit the examination were absent.

    According to Mr Giba Abraham Adoctor, the Upper East Regional Examination Officer, Ghana Education Service, who revealed this to the Ghana News Agency, two candidates were also absent at the Bolgatanga East District.

    He said the examination started on time and was moving smoothly across the 15 Municipal and Districts in the region.

    He said over 20,000 candidates from 679 schools were expected to write the examination this year in the region and urged parents to desist from activities that would mar the peaceful conduct of the examination.

    When GNA visited some examination centres in the Bolgatanga Municipality, it observed that the exercise was ongoing peacefully with full cooperation from both candidates and invigilators.

    At the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School, where there were three centres, five out of the 1,001 candidates who were expected to report for the examination failed to turn up.

    Also, at the Bolgatanga Technical Institute (BOTECH), which had two centres expected to host 876 candidates for this year’s exercise, 11 were absent.

    Madam Emelia Asigri, the Supervisor for BOTECH BECE Centre A, told GNA that the exercise was peaceful and there were no issues recorded.

    Source:GNA

  • 2022 BECE: Students express joy after first paper in Accra

    The 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) commenced today, Monday, October 17, 2022.

    Over 552,000 final-year students from 18,501 Junior High Schools (JHSs) across the country are expected to take part in the examination.

    GhanaWeb visited some of the centres in Accra to interact with the students, teachers, and supervisors on how the examination is going so far.

    At the Accra Academy School BECE centre, most of the students were elated after completing the first paper of their first external examination in Ghana.

    Some of the students said that even though they were nervous at the start of the examination, they became calm after a few minutes after the first paper of the day, Social Studies, had started.

    “The social studies paper was good; it was manageable. We are just hoping for the best,” a candidate from the Kaneshi Bishop School, Martha Boateng, said.

    “At first, there was a little fear in me, but later I became calm because it was just like the normal papers we used to write, like the mock examinations,” she added.

    The teachers who spoke to GhanaWeb also indicated that they were getting good feedback from their students.

    The Assistant Headteacher for Kaneshi Bishop JHS, John Kolou, said that his students told him that all expectations were met.

    He indicated that he was also impressed with how the examination was going so far because there was no delay in the commencement of the exams.

    “When they (the candidates) came out, they said it was okay. I believe it was because we covered a lot during the preparation that made them have it on the easier,” he said.

    The supervisor of the centre, who is also the assistant headmaster of the Accra Academy in charge of academics, John Odame Adjei, said that all the students expected for the examination were present on the first day.

    Odame Adjei added that no examination malpractice was recorded at the centre.

    “We had a total of 367 candidates; 205 were girls, and 162 were boys. The exams started on time. We had no malpractice. All the students were present. The head teachers of the various JHS were very cooperative. They brought their students too, very early,” he said.

    Ten schools, including Pentecost JHS, Class Peter JHS, Idle Community School, Bubuashie SDA JHS, Bubuashie Cable and Wireless JHS, and Happy Home Academy, will be taking the exams at Accra Academy.

    The 2022 BECE is expected to end on Friday, October 21, 2022.

    Social Studies and Information Technology are to be written today (October 17); on Tuesday, October 18, Mathematics Basic Design and Technology; on Wednesday, October 19, English Language and Religious and Moral Education; on Thursday, October 20, Integrated Science and Ghanaian Language; and on Friday, October 21, French.

  • Hijabs will be searched during BECE – Edu. Director

    The Municipal Education Director of Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality, Mrs Kate Biney says very stringent measures will be ensured to prevent cheating in the upcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination (B.E.C.E) that is billed to start on Monday , October 17, 2022.

    Speaking on Takoradi-based flagship morning programme Y3nsom with host Kwame Malcolm, on preparedness of the candidates ahead of the examination, the Municipal Education Director hinted of thorough search on the candidates.

    ” …West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has given the needed orientation for supervisors and made it clear what is expected of them. The teachers themselves do not go to the examination centre, then you leave the children to go to the centre and then searched. This time we are going to do thorough searching so if you hear we are frisking their armpits etcetera understand; as males will search males and females attend to females. Due to what happened during WASSCE, WAEC has information on how candidates hide the foreign material as now it is not as open as in their shoes. They now hide it in their panties as menstrual pads, in between their belts, even they wear double nose mask and hide it in between ;under their neck collars and our muslim colleagues, thier hijabs will be searched;” she emphasised.

    Mrs Kate Biney said that they will be searched to their pants.

    “We will search their pants and the women invigilators can notice if one is really menstruating or has hidden a foreign material there. What is happening is unacceptable, the boys can hide it in their scrotum in between their testicles. We will feel the hijabs if it contains any material aside their hair. We know Muslim ladies do not expose their hair so we will not remove it but when we are suspicious we will ask you to remove it and shake it and wear it again and proceed;” she further explained.

    Mrs Kate Biney this is to ensure no cancellation occurs because most candidates are not in to cheat and must not be made to pay for the actions and inactions of a few recalcitrant ones. She further revealed that the invigilators will not be retained in a particular class for the full tenure of the examinations but will be rotated.

    Mrs Kate Biney revealed that the candidates have been well prepared for the examinations ahead.

    “Even when there was a strike, candidates were going to school in mufti and teachers met to teach them and they were doing peer teaching as well.
    In my catchment area, Nana Brempon, Coba Yalley and the Effia area even when the schools were locked the pupils were there being prepared. The problem is the perception of “apor” (leakage) so I conditioned them that the “apor” is the past questions and the more they kept on solving them it leaves them better prepared;” she emphasised.

  • William Kpormatsi donates Mathematical sets to BECE candidates

    Mr William Kpormatsi, a former Parliamentary aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Akatsi South, has presented over 1,562 Mathematical sets to candidates of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

    The sets were distributed during the second ordinary meeting of the third session of the first assembly to the various Assembly members within the Municipality for onward distribution to the schools preparing for this year’s BECE.

    Presenting the items, at the Akatsi South Municipal Assembly Hall, Mr Kpormatsi, also a businessman, said the gesture was made upon request from Mr Raphael Ahiable, the Presiding Member for the Assembly.

    The donation, according to Mr Kpormatsi, was one of the many he had made over the years even before he got into politics.

    He said his ‘William Kpormatsi Foundation’ a scheme targeting brilliant but needy students in society had also been providing educational sponsorship for the needy.

    He said that this year’s donation was timely “since our children will commence writing their examinations from the 17th of this month.”

    Mr Kpormatsi called on parents to ensure they offered the needed assistance to their wards for a successful exercise.

    “We need to also allow our children to venture more into technical education to provide self-sufficiency in future,” he said.

    Mr Kofitsey Martin Nyahe, the Municipal Chief Executive for Akatsi South, expressed appreciation to Mr Kpormatsi for his continuous benevolent acts.

    He appealed to members of the assembly to release the items to the required beneficiaries.

    Some assembly members the GNA interacted with commended Mr Kpormatsi for contributing towards ensuring a high standard of education in the area.

    Source:GNA

  • I knew I wouldn’t pass, so I skipped getting my BECE results – Obaapa Christy

    Ghanaian gospel musician Obaapa Christy has revealed that she did not go for her Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE) results because she was confident she wouldn’t do well.

    In an interview with Rainbow Radio’s mid-morning show, the gospel minister admitted she wasn’t a good student and that she was aware from the outset she wouldn’t excel in her BECE.

    “However, I have come to discover that education is important. You need a positive mindset to succeed. If I had that positive mindset, I think I would have made it. But it is not too late. I will be going back to school. It is not too late to go back to school.”

    She told Sokoohemaa Kukua that, despite her lack of higher education, God has used her to touch lives, transform homes, and bring joy to many others through her powerful songs.

    “If God had blessed people because of their higher education, I would not be where I am today. God gave me something, and that is what I have done all these years.”

    Obaapa Christy, who is celebrating 20 years in the industry, expressed gratitude to God for bringing her this far.

    The musician also revealed Mathematics and drawing were her best subjects.

    “Mathematics was my best subject because God knew I would be wealthy and be counting money,” she said amidst laughter.

     

     

     

  • Young student branded a witch for earning aggregate 30 in BECE – Activist

    An activist for women’s rights, Margaret Brew-Ward, has revealed that a young student who scored 30 in her Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) was branded a witch.

    She added that the girl resided in a rural area where no one had earned the necessary grades to enroll in a Senior High School.

    “Recently, there was a case we heard when we visited one of the communities that a girl who got around aggregate 30 in the BECE was [branded a witch]… meanwhile you know in the cities people are striving for aggregate 8, eight 1s and what not.

    “Just because in that community, no girl had passed to go to the secondary school, so for a girl to do that, she [must have been a witch]” she explained on JoyNews.

    Brew-Ward further mentioned that the scope of persons to become victims of such attacks is very wide. Referencing the girl’s story to underpin her submission, she said the young student was tagged a witch after she surpassed expectations in the BECE.

    The manager of the Action Aid campaign finds this discouraging.The activist claims that in order to secure the aid she need, a partnership between her group and a few state agencies was required.

    Mrs. Brew-Ward mentioned additional demographic categories that are frequently labeled as such and stressed the importance of developing a roadmap for its eradication.

     

     

    Source: Yen.com