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Kumawu MP supports best-grade BECE candidates

  The member of parliament for Kumawu constituency Hon Ernest Yaw Anim has admonished parents to pay much attention to their school-going children to enable them to benefit from the NPP government’s free senior high school policy. He said since parents and guidance are the key stakeholders of their children …

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Know Where And How To Check Your SHS School As The School Placement For The Year 2023 BECE Graduates Out

  The senior high school (SHS) placement for junior high school (JHS) students, who wrote the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has been released by the Ghana Education Service (GHS). It was released Tuesday morning [November 28, 2023] at 9am. Parents, students, teachers, and the public can now check …

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School selection process for BECE candidates to begin Aug. 23 to Sep. 4

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced the commencement of the school selection exercise for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates. In a statement issued on Friday, 11 August 2023, signed by its spokesperson Kwasi Kwarteng, the Ministry revealed that it has developed an informative video that elaborates …

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Minister orders GES to sanction headteacher who spent BECE candidates’ registration fees

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 …

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Watch as 27 juvenile prisoners take part in 2023 BECE under tight security

Some 300 students took part in the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at the Bethany Methodist Junior High School, one of the centres for the examination in the nation’s capital, Accra. According to one of the supervisors, who spoke to GhanaWeb’s team during a visit to the centre, 162 of …

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Three BECE graduates allegedly attempt suicide over exam cancellation

Two female students who completed Junior High School in 2022 have been caught by their parents attempting to kill themselves by taking in a substance suspected to be poisonous which may kill them. One other male student was caught holding a rope which it’s suspected he intended to use to …

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2022 BECE: Entire results of 73 school, 2 private candidates cancelled – WAEC

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has cancelled the subject results of 416 School candidates who took part in the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This follows the completion of WAEC’s investigations carried out into some cases of examination malpractice detected during the conduct of the examinations. The results …

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BECE candidate defecates on himself after invigilator denied him permission to exit exam hall

A candidate sitting for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination at Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region was forced to defecate on himself during examination hours. The 14-year-old student identified as a student of Fufou D/A Junior High School is said to have sought permission …

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2022 BECE begins today with 552,276 candidates

Some 552,276 candidates are expected to write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), at all 2, 023 designated centres throughout the country beginning today, Monday, 17th to Friday 21st October 2022. Out of this number, 276,988 are males whilst 275, 288 are females. The Ghana Education Service in a …

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2022 BECE: WAEC, invigilators urged to up their game to avoid malpractices

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has asked examinations body, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to work hard to avoid malpractices in the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). GNAT also urged all the invigilators to do same. A statement issued by the association said “We believe this time round the West African Examinations Council would …

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