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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has denied claims that it plans to cancel the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for junior high school students. GES explained that it is moving from the old objectives-based curriculum to the standards-based curriculum, which is likely to change the nature and form of the …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) Ghana, has released the timetable for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to a press release, the first paper, Religious and Moral Education 2, will be written on Monday, August 7. In the statement, WAEC said the other subjects to be written …

This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates will be conducted from Monday, July 31 to September 26, 2023. Also, the Basic Education Certificate Examination for both school and private candidates for this year will be written simultaneously from Monday, August 7 to Friday, August 11, …

The Head of the Legal Department of the West African Examinations Council, Rev. Victor Brew, has clarified the grading system used for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to him, the performance of students at various schools determine their grades. The grades awarded to students from various schools are …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the results for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School and Private Candidates, 2022, will be released on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. The Ministry of Education’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kwasi Kwarteng had in an earlier interview said the results …

Students in their final year at Usher Mills School in Accra say they will blame President Akufo-Addo if they fail the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The students made this comment during an interview with JoyNews on the impact of the strike action by their teachers on studies.   On …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has terminated the appointments of 11 officers in connection with the 2020 WASSCE and BECE Examination Malpractices In a letter dated 24th September 2021, the GES said the affected officers were invited and appeared before a Committee at the GES Headquarters in Accra for a hearing …

A total number of 571, 894 candidates will sit for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) from today, Monday, November 15, 2021, to Friday, November 19, 2021, at 2,158 centres nationwide. A total of 531,707 and 517,332 candidates sat for the examination in 2020 and 2019, respectively. A statement …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has put stringent security measures in place to prevent leakages of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) papers. According to WAEC, officials of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) monitored the production process – printing, sorting and packaging of the papers and …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results for private candidates who took the 2021 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). In a statement issued on Friday, July 2, 2021, WAEC said candidates who wrote the exam can access their results online on the Council’s …