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28 Aug

School Placement Process For Recent BECE Candidates Begins Today

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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the commencement of the school placement process for Junior High School (JHS) leavers who recently completed their Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE). The selection process will run from today, Wednesday, 28 August 2024 to Wednesday, 4 September 2024. In a statement, the GES urged parents and guardians to actively participate in the school selection exercise to ensure a smooth placement process. “Parents and guardians are particularly advised to take keen interest in the school selection exercise to ensure a smooth placement this year,” the GES advised. The GES also revealed that candidates will…

08 Jul

2024 BECE: WAEC Sends Important Message To Invigilators

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The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has cautioned invigilators against any form of intimidation and harassment in the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). In an interview on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Mondaty, the Head of Public Affairs, John Kapi said the invigilators are expected to create a conducive environment for the candidates. “We want all the invigilators to thoroughly search the students so they don’t carry foreign materials to aid cheating. They shall announce the time and ensure all the candidates get the papers and answer booklets,” he stated. Mr Kapi however urged the invigilators to refrain from standing…

28 Mar

WAEC Opens Online Registration For BECE, WASSCE, And G/ABCE Candidates

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened its registration portals for the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE), and Genera/Advanced Business Certificate Examination candidates. The Council said the portals for registering BECE candidates opened on Monday, March 11, 2024, and would close on Friday, April 19, 2024, while BECE would be administered from Monday, July 8 to Friday, July 12, 2024. WASSCE examinations will begin on Monday, August 5, 2024, and end on September 27, 2024, while the General/Advanced Business Certificate Examination (G/ABCE) is scheduled to take place from Friday, August 2,…

06 Feb

Hope For Unplaced BECE Graduates: Education Directors To Embark On Enrolment Drive

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Qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates who have not been placed in senior high schools (SHS) are to visit the nearest education office to be processed for admission into an SHS. This includes female candidates who are at home because of childbirth, even though they obtained good grades at the 2023 BECE. The move is part of an enrolment drive by the Ministry of Education to get more BECE graduates into SHS. The Greater Accra Regional Director of Education, Stephen Abamfo, disclosed this in an interview with the Daily Graphic on the sidelines of the 84th-anniversary Speech and Prize-giving…

24 Jan

51 Prisoners Who Passed BECE Gain Admission To SHS

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All 51 prison inmates who sat the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have gained admission to various pre-tertiary institutions in the country. They obtained between aggregates 16 and 31 in the examination, guaranteeing them passage to the next level of the academic ladder. They comprise 26 juveniles from the Senior Correctional Centre in Accra, nine inmates from the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons, eight inmates from the Kumasi Central Prison, four from the Ankaful Maximum Security and four more from the Sunyani Central Prisons. Thirteen of them, all juveniles, have since been discharged upon completing their terms, leaving 38 of…

17 Aug

108 Pregnant Teenagers Sat For BECE Exams In Ashanti Region

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The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service has revealed that One hundred and eight pregnant girls sat for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination BECE in the region. The directorate disclosed that additional one hundred and four nursing mothers reported for the entire duration of the examination. The Public Relations Officer for the directorate in the region in an exclusive interview with OTEC News reporter Agya Sam on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, said the pregnant and nursing mothers amount a total of 117,084 candidates who sat for the exams. He added that 57973 of the total candidates were…

09 Aug

Minister Orders GES To Sanction Headteacher Who Spent BECE Candidates’ Registration Fees

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The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has instructed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take disciplinary action against the headteacher of Buduatta DA Junior High School. This decision comes after allegations that the headteacher, Richard Ahunyagbe, misappropriated funds intended for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) registration of certain students. Reports indicate that Mr Ahunyagbe failed to register a number of final-year students for the BECE, purportedly using the registration fees for his own benefit. Consequently, a group of affected students from Buduatta JHS in the Gomoa East District found themselves unable to participate in the BECE when it…

08 Aug

May Your Efforts Be Crowned With Success – GNAT To BECE Candidates

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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has extended good wishes to all students who are sitting to sit for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). GNAT in a statement asked the candidates to give their best and approach the examination with confidence and determination. The statement also asked the students to have a “can-do spirit” while entering the examination room. “GNAT has confidence in you all and wishes you all the best,” portions of the statement read. “Ghana looks up to, to bear its torch of progress and prosperity, therefore need not fail her. Your parents, siblings, and…

15 Jun

Disregard All BECE And WASSCE Timetables Circulating On Social Media- WAEC

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The West African Examination Council, WAEC says it is ready and set to conduct all Examinations scheduled for the 2023 Calendar. The Head of Communication, Agnes Teye Codjoe, said the Council (WAEC) is set and fully prepared for the upcoming examinations, which start from August 7th to 11th for BECE and then the WASSCE from 31st July to 26th September 2023. She said all candidates have been registered, with about 600,000 Candidates for BECE and 448,000 for the WASSCE. ”Timetables have been sent to the various schools, and then briefing sessions will be held for supervisors before the exams”. Mrs.…

16 Feb

Hundreds Of Parents Troop GNAT Hall For School Placement

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Hundreds of parents and their wards who sat for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have thronged the GNAT Hall in Accra for placement. The center was set up by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to help with both self-placement and replacement of students in available schools in all categories, excerpt category ‘A’ schools. According to the GES, “Out of the 547,329 candidates who sat for the examination, 538,399 qualified for school placement. out of these, 372,780 candidates have automatically been placed into various schools.” This leaves a total of “165,601 candidates who will have to do self-placement because…