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337,110 To Write BECE On Monday |
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A total of 337,110 candidates from 9,212 public and private basic schools nationwide will write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which starts on Monday and ends on Friday, April 25. |
Of the number, 184,919 are males and 152,191 females, including hearing and visually-impaired candidates.
They are expected to write the examination at 1,183 centres.
Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Senior Public Relations Manager of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), told the Times in Accra that, the Ashanti Region registered the highest number of 69,818 candidates, while the Upper West Region registered the lowest number of 7,596.
She gave the figures for the other regions as: Greater Accra – 61,313; Eastern – 37,689; Central – 35,965; Western – 33,967; Brong-Ahafo – 30,590; Northern – 21,443; Upper East – 12,257; and Volta – 26,472.
Mrs Teye-Cudjoe said that WAEC had put in place all the necessary measures to ensure a leakage free examination.
She, however, called for the co-operation and support of the candidates, parents and all stakeholders to attain the success of the examination.
Mrs Teye-Cudjoe cautioned the candidates to desist from examination malpractices which can lead to the cancellation of their results.
"Candidates could also be barred from taking the council’s examination for not less than two years if they are caught engaged in malpractices," she warned.
She said Act 719 of the WAEC law, prohibited all forms of malpractices such as impersonation, collusion, use of cellular phones at exam centres, assault on invigilators and supervisors and possession of examination papers.
Mrs Teye-Cudjoe explained that offenders can attract penalties including imprisonment terms and fines ranging between GH¢600 and GH¢3,000 depending on the severity of the offence committed.
She therefore advised candidates to just abide by the simple rules and regulations governing the conduct of the examination and not to anything that would jeopardise their future.
Mrs Teye-Cudjoe reminded candidates that the BECE is like any other examination and urged them not to panic but to think to recollect what they have been taught at school because the questions are based on the syllabus. |
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