Tag Archives: CANDIDATES

The Kwaku Duahs: Meet the two Kumawu independent by-election candidates with the same name

The people of Kumawu, following the demise of their Member of Parliament, Philip Basoah, will go to the polls for a by-election on May 23, 2023, to elect a new representative in the current 8th Parliament. While everything now seems set for the election, a development in the names of …

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WASSCE 2022: WAEC releases results of private candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of 43,742 candidates who entered for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, 2022 – second series. The entry figures comprised 20, 164 males and 23, 578 females. 76 of the candidates had visual impairment while …

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2023 School Placement: 372,780 candidates placed; 165, 619 to do self-placement

Out of the 547, 329 candidates who sat for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), a total of 538,399 qualified for this year’s Computerised School Selection Placement (CSSPS) in Senior High and Technical and Vocational Schools. A total of 372,780 students, representing 69.24 per cent of the qualified students …

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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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Kufuor cautions NPP presidential candidates to show sportsmanship

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has cautioned prospective presidential candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming presidential primaries to show sportsmanship, and all should support the candidate who will win the primaries. “I’m confident that the NPP is a better option when it comes to governance of …

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WASSCE 2022: WAEC cancels entire results of 518 ‘mobile phone’ candidates

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the cancellation of the entire results of some 518 candidates who sat the 2022 West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). In all, a total of 422,883 candidates made up of 219,130 females and 203,753 males sat this year’s examination. “The subject …

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Over 800 Ghana School of Law candidates pass final exams

Some 850 candidates of the Ghana School of Law are fit to be considered for the Ghana Bar on November 11, 2022, provided they meet other requirements, such as “Good character”. This is after the final results for the examinations conducted in July by the Independent Examination Committee (IEC) of …

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Possible candidates to take over from Ken Ofori-Atta should he resign or get fired

On Tuesday, October 25, about 80 Members of Parliament within the governing New Patriotic Party were reported to have signed a petition demanding the removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as finance minister. The group, through a press conference, also demanded the removal of Charles Adu Boahen, who serves as a Minister of State …

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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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BECE candidates stranded as TDC demolishes school building

The Tema Development Company Limited (TDC) has demolished the Paedico International School building at Community 24, leaving the fate of BECE candidates hanging. The unfortunate incident was preceded by several intimidation and threats issued to students and teachers of the school. TDC had earlier demolished some ongoing projects of the …

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