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  • Over 500,000 candidates sit for BECE today

    A total of 531, 705 final year Junior High School students from 16,000 schools across the country will begin writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) today.

    Leakages over the years have prompted the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to introduce measures to curb exam malpractices.

    This year, one of the measures is to extend the ban on mobile phones and related gadgets to exam officials at various centres.

    Data provided by the examination management body indicated that 269,419 of the candidates are males and 262,286, females.

    The Ashanti Region presented the highest number of candidates 106,857 comprising 45,025 males and 52,832, Dailymailgh.com can confirm.

    The Greater Accra Region had 94,443 candidates comprising of 45,172 males and 49,271 females.

    According to the data, the Central Region also presented 58,105 candidates with 29,467 representing males while females were 28,638.

    Western and Western North Regions had 54,432 candidates including 26,373 females.

    The data has the Eastern Region presenting 49,993 candidates made up of 25,749 males and 24,244 females.

    Bono, Anafi, and Bono East Regions also presented 49,725 candidates including 20,125 females.

    Volta and Oti Regions also registered 38,192 candidates with 20, 015 males.

    Upper East also registered 22,532 candidates including 11, 775 females.

    In the case of Upper West, 13,926 candidates were registered with 7,000 males.

    According to the data 17,440 schools were participating with 18,716 invigilators.

    The data indicated that supervisors and assistant supervisors were 2,007 and 1,719 respectively.

    The examination will end on Friday, September 18, 2020.

    Candidates will write the English Language, Religious and Moral Education on Monday, Integrated Science, and Basic Design and Technology on Tuesday.

    Information and Communication Technology, and French will be written on Wednesday with Mathematics, Ghanaian Language and Culture on Thursday, before ending with Social Studies on Friday.

    An examination timetable issued to headteachers by WAEC confirmed that visually and hearing-impaired candidates would be given an extra one and half hour against the time allotted to other candidates.

    The BECE is used by the GES to select qualified candidates for Senior High Schools and Technical Institutes across the country.

    Source: Starr FM

  • Stranded BECE candidates resort to canoes to write exams in Saboba District

    The fate of over 200 candidates who will be beginning their Basic Education Certificate Examinations on Monday, September 14 have resorted to using canoes to cross to Saboba to write their examinations.

    This is because torrential rains within the week have swamped the bridges on river Jamboabo, making it impassable to the district capital.

    While the brave ones are daring with canoes on river Jamboabo after Wapuli community, there is the likelihood that some may not join for fear of getting drown with the canoes.

    In all 1,662 candidates made up 885 boys and 777 girls from 39 Junior High Schools in Saboba District are writing the examinations this year.

    Mr. George Kitingyaab Bingrini the Saboba District Chief Executive announced this at the bank of Jamboabo River to monitor the crossing of candidates by canoe.

    Some of the Schools include; Kpalba EP, Demon D.A, Namongbalni D.A, Wapuli D.A, Yankazia S.D.A, Wapuli R/C, Ogando D.A, Boakol S.D.A Junior High Schools amongst others.

    Mr Bingrini said it was the first time they had such floods in the District and the Assembly had to arrange for canoes to use to cross some of the candidates whose communities were affected to enable them get to Saboba the examination centre.

    He said although it was frustrating the candidates had to go through the waters to join the canoes and wished them good luck in their exams.

    He said the Yendi to Saboba through the Kpalba steel bridge was awarded on contract to a contractor but because of the floods he could not start work.

    Mr. Jumah Yakubu the Saboba District Coordinating Director who accompanied the District Chief Executive said the Assembly had to buy large quantity of Live Jackets for the candidates to wear and cross river Jamboabo to ensure their safety of the candidates.

    Master John Jagri , a candidate told the GNA that although it was dangerous with the canoes, they had no other option than to use it.

    Two vehicles, a Benz bus and a cargo truck which tried to cross the river through the Bailey bridge got stuck in the flood and would remain there until the water subsides.

    Source: GNA

  • More than 1,600 candidates to sit for BECE in Akontombra district

    A total of 1,649 final year students from 38 public and 18 private schools are expected to write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination ( BECE) in the Sefwi-Akontombra District of the Western North region.

    Of the figure, 951 are males and 698 are females.

    Akontombra senior high school, Nsawora-Edumafua community senior high school, Esaase, Ackaakrom and Nkwadum are the selected examination centres.

    Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Nsawora on preparations ahead of the examination on Monday, Mr Thomas Koffie, Akontombra District Director of Education, said the directorate had adequate measures to ensure smooth conduct of the examination.

    He cautioned headteachers against the collection of illegal fees from the candidates since the government had taken care of all expenses concerning the examination.

    Mr Koffie called on parents and guardians to report any teacher, who collects unapproved fees to the education directorate for the necessary actions to be taken.

    He cautioned headteachers who might have taken monies from parents to refund them else they would be sanctioned.

    The District Director of Education advised the students to revise what they were taught and to desist from examination malpractices.

    In a related development, Mr Alex Djornobuah Tetteh, Member of Parliament for the area and Deputy Western North Regional Minister has presented 1,649 mathematical sets to the education directorate for distribution to all the BECE candidates in the district.

    According to him, this was the fourth time he was giving out mathematical sets to BECE candidates since he became Member of Parliament for the Akontombra constituency.

    He called on invigilators to be professional and desist from intimidating the candidates so that they could have a free mind to write the examination.

    The MP called on the candidates to obey all rules governing the conduct of the examination to pass well to enjoy the Free Senior High School Education.

    Source: GNA

  • Ho West NPP Primary aspirants support BECE candidates

    Dr David Togbe Nfodjo, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary aspirant for Ho West, has donated Mathematical sets to Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates.

    The items, which cost GHC 5,500.00 were distributed to a total of 1,456 candidates in 68 public and private Junior High Schools in the Ho West Constituency.

    Mr Evans Lantor, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the aspirant, said the items were to encourage the candidates to give off their maximum in the final examination so they would progress to the next level of the educational ladder.

    “This is to support the candidates and give them confidence so they can write the exams and come out with flying colours and avoid a situation where students don’t have drawing tools,” he said.

    He urged them to endeavour to abide by rules and regulations that underpinned the examination and read the questions carefully before answering them.

    Mr Lantor implored them to be of good behaviour and not panic but remain calm and avoid any form of examination malpractice which could negatively affect their progression in the future.

    Some of the candidates who spoke to the Ghana News Agency were happy for the kind gesture and expressed their profound gratitude to the PC.

    Some of the beneficiary schools included; Dzolokpuita D/A, Akome- Gbota D/A, Akome- Gbogame E.P, Akome- Agate D/A Junior High Schools.

    Source: GNA

  • Well transport BECE candidates in flood-affected towns to exam centre Saboba DCE

    The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Saboba in the Northern Region, George Bigrini, says plans are in place to transport Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in Kpalba who have been cut-off due to floods, to the exam centre.

    Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Bigrini said the candidates will be conveyed to the centres via buses or canoes if need be.

    “We have made plans to procure vehicles, we are just waiting. We are organising canoes to the Wapulu side. We have a school across the river with a bigger bus at the Wapulu school.  We have made arrangements for the bus. So the plan is that, when we transport them to the other side of the river, the bus will take them to Saboba,” he noted.

    Some students in the Kpalba circuit in the Saboba District have appealed to the government to provide them with a means of crossing over to the district capital, Saboba, where their examination centre is located.

    They fear they may not be able to sit for the BECE beginning on Monday, September 14, 2020, as the roads have become impassable due to the floods.

    “We are afraid of the water bodies here. How are we going to write our first paper on Monday? We are pleading with the District Assembly to either find a means to get us to Soboba or allow us to write the exams in our school,” one of the candidates said.

    “We cannot cross the water to write the exams. If WAEC does not allow us to write in our school, we will miss out on the BECE,” another candidate said.

    Background

    Torrential rains in the northern part of Ghana coupled with spillage from the Bagre dam in Burkina Faso left hundreds of farmlands submerged.

    The Pwalugu bridge is also flooded to the waist level covering over a 1-km stretch of road.

    Six lives have been lost due to this.

    Almost every year, the flood gates of the Bagre dam are opened and this usually affects residents along the White and Black Volta rivers.

    Spillage of excess water from the dam is as part of a routine safety measure to ensure that the water is kept below the safe operating level of the dam in order to prevent it from collapsing.

    Source: citinewsroom

  • Students in Northern Region fear missing out on BECE over floods

    Some students in the Kpalba circuit in the Saboba District of the Northern Region fear being unable to sit for the 2020 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) due to the flooding issue in the area.

    According to the BECE candidates, centres where they are supposed to write the exams have become impassable due to the floods.

    About 200 candidates who are to sit for the BECE beginning Monday, September 14, 2020, fear they may not be able to participate in the final examination if the flood does not recede.

    They are thus calling on the government to either provide them with means of crossing over to Saboba, should the situation persist, or allow them to take the exams in their schools.

    “We are afraid of the water bodies here. How are we going to write our first paper on Monday? We are pleading with the District Assembly to either find a means to get us to Soboba or allow us to write in our school,” one of the students pleaded.

    “We cannot cross the water and go and write the exams. If WAEC does not allow us to write in our school, we will miss out on the BECE,” another candidate said.

    What happened?

    Torrential rainfall in the Northern part of Ghana coupled with spillage from the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso left hundreds of farmlands submerged.

    The bridge was flooded to the waist level covering over 1-km stretch of road.

    Six lives have been lost due to this.

    Almost every year, the flood gates of the Bagre dam are opened and this usually affects residents along the White and Black Volta rivers.

    Spillage of excess water from the dam is as part of a routine safety measure to ensure that the water is kept below the safe operating level of the dam in order to prevent it from collapsing.

    Source: citinewsroom

  • 2020 BECE: GES, WAEC promise to ensure sanctity of examination at all times

    The 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will start from Monday, September 14th 2020 to Friday, September 18th 2020 at all designated centres throughout the country.

    The Ghana Education Service (GES) has therefore urged all candidates, Directors of schools and invigilators to take note of the dates.

    It has also cautioned students to desist from all forms of examination malpractice during the period.

    Meanwhile, the Management of GES in collaboration with WAEC have stated that it will ensure sanctity of examination at all times, ensuring that students who engaged in any form of malpractices are dealt with accordingly.

    “Management of GES in collaboration with WAEC will ensure sanctity of examination at all times. All cases of reported examination malpractices will swiftly be investigated and dealt with decisively,” the GES stated.

    Source: Atinka Online

  • WAEC releases time table for BECE

    The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) would begin on Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020, in all the Registration Centers across the country for all Junior High School (JHS) final year students.

    The candidates will write the English Language, and Religious and Moral Education (RME) on Monday, Integrated Science, and Basic Design and Technology (BDT) on Tuesday.

    Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and French will be written on Wednesday with Mathematics, Ghanaian Language and Culture on Thursday and Social Studies on Friday.

    According to the Time Table issued to Headteachers and copied to the Ghana News Agency, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed that visually and hearing-impaired candidates should be allowed one and half times the time allotted to other candidates.

    Meanwhile, both papers for each Subject are to be taken at one sitting without break and where the duration indicated on the question paper differs from that on the time table, the one on the question paper should be followed.

    Following the re-opening of schools for final year students in JHS, SHS, and tertiary institutions, the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) revised the examination date which was usually conducted in June each year.

    The BECE is used by the GES to select qualified candidates for senior high schools (SHSs) and Technical Institutes (TIs) across the country.

    The results of the examination are based on Continuous Assessment and the external examination with the Continuous Assessment forming 30% whilst the external examination would form 70% of the total assessment.

    Candidates in the third year of Junior High Schools approved by the Ghana Education Service are eligible to register to take part in this examination.

    Source: GNA

  • National PTAs demand immediate return home of all WASSCE, BECE students

    The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (NCPTAs) has asked government to send all school children awaiting to write their final examinations home.

    “In the current circumstances, the children are psychologically unstable and would therefore, not be of sound mind to write the WASSCE and BECE examinations and come out successfully,” a decision taken at a National Executive Consultative Meeting indicated.

    “We, therefore, suggest that these examinations be postponed till the situation is brought under control.”, a statement by the association issued Monday, July 13 said.

    The association cited among other things the inadequacy of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the non-availability of same in some schools as some of the reasons they feels the children are not safe in school.

    Source: 3 News

  • Private schools in Tema record better results than public schools in BECE

    Private basic schools in the Tema Metropolis in 2019 recorded better results in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) than their counterparts in public schools as 87 per cent of their 1,800 candidates passed.

    Public schools in the Metropolis on the other hand, recorded an unimpressive 56 per cent pass out of the 2,014 candidates they presented.

    The Metropolis, according to statistics presented by Mr Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, at a General Assembly Meeting, revealed that the area achieved a total of 71 per cent in the 2019 BECE.

    The data showed that 1,474 candidates made up of 726 boys and 748 girls from the private schools passed while a total of 1,011 candidates comprising of 453 boys and 558 girls from public basic schools passed.

    Mr Anang-La said 55 per cent of boys in public schools passed the BECE whereas 45 per cent failed while 58 per cent of girls in public schools passed whereas 42 per cent also failed.

    “This means that the 45% boys and 42% girls who failed their examination may not have the opportunity to benefit from the Free Senior High School Policy. We must do everything possible to make sure that this unacceptable result is not repeated”.

    He said, to improve the situation in subsequent exams, the TMA had instituted a number of mitigating strategies such as intensifying supervision teaching and learning process at the basic schools, provision of learning materials.

    He also encouraged the participation of parents in school development programmes as well as the need for the prevention of pupils from unproductive activities such as the patronage of gaming centres.

     

    Source: GNA

  • Tema private schools record better results than public schools in BECE

    Private basic schools in the Tema Metropolis in 2019 recorded better results in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) than their counterparts in public schools as 87 per cent of their 1,800 candidates passed.

    Public schools in the Metropolis, on the other hand, recorded an unimpressive 56 per cent pass out of the 2,014 candidates they presented.

    The Metropolis, according to statistics presented by Mr Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, at a General Assembly Meeting, revealed that the area achieved a total of 71 per cent in the 2019 BECE.

    The data showed that 1,474 candidates made up of 726 boys and 748 girls from the private schools passed while a total of 1,011 candidates comprising of 453 boys and 558 girls from public basic schools passed.

    Mr Anang-La said 55 per cent of boys in public schools passed the BECE whereas 45 per cent failed while 58 per cent of girls in public schools passed whereas 42 per cent also failed.

    “This means that the 45% of boys and 42% of girls who failed their examination may not have the opportunity to benefit from the Free Senior High School Policy. We must do everything possible to make sure that this unacceptable result is not repeated”.

    He said, to improve the situation in subsequent exams, the TMA had instituted a number of mitigating strategies such as intensifying supervision teaching and learning process at the basic schools, provision of learning materials.

    He also encouraged the participation of parents in school development programmes as well as the need for the prevention of pupils from unproductive activities such as the patronage of gaming centres.

    Source: GNA

  • 2020 BECE for private candidates commences today

    The 2020 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for private candidates begins today, Monday, February 10, 2020 across the country.

    It will end on Friday, February 14, 2020.

    2,154 students made up of 1,210 males and 944 females are expected to take part in this examination.

    Officials of the exam body West African Examination Council (WAEC) have said that 11 centres are to be used for the exams.

    Only candidates who previously sat for BECE but could not make the required grade(s) and first-time candidates who must be 16 years and above are allowed to sit for the examination.

    The Council has already wished all candidates success in their papers and urged the supervisors and invigilators to be vigilant during the examination.

     

    About BECE for private candidates

    The examination is for both certification and selection into Senior High Schools and Technical Institutes in Ghana.

    The examination is conducted in the regional capitals of Ghana in February each year.

     

    Source: citinewsroomÂ