Just as other parts of the country, some 895 candidates are writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at three (3) centers in the Zabzugu district of the northern region.
The number is part of the 29,648 final year Junior High School pupils sitting for BECE this year in the northern region.
Customarily, the Chief Executive Officer for the Zabzugu district, Ahmed Abubakari Iddrisu also known as Adakwa visited the examination centers in jurisdiction to wish the candidates the best of luck.
However, the ever-astute DCE, entreated examination invigilators not to wear ‘tigermasks’ as they supervise the young candidates who are participating in their first ever external examination.
“I respectfully appeal to our invigilators to be moderate in your instructions to them, in order not to put fear in them.”
As much as possible the Hon. Ahmed Abubakari expressed his message of good luck to the students, as they begin a five-day nonstop external exam today. Saying, “The President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo-Danquah Akufo-Addo says he’s with you and has created for you free access to Secondary Education. Take this opportunity to write well and pass well.”
Meanwhile, the Member of Parliament for Zabzugu Constituency, Hon. Jabaah John Bennam through the DCE extended his best wishes to the candidates and provided for them 896 mathematical sets and pens to be used in the exams.
It is captivating to note that since Hon. Ahmed became the DCE for Zabzugu in 2017, the gap between females and their male counterparts is fast closing up and it is no surprise that this year, out of the 895 candidates, 351 are females as against 544 males as compared to that of 20/21 where the number female candidates was 316 against a 515 male candidates.
Above is the graphical representation of the ascendency nature of BECE candidates in the Zabzugu district.
CONDUCT OF BECE FOR SCHOOL AND PRIVATE CANDIDATES, 2022
The West African Examinations Council will administer the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for General School and Private Candidates, 2022 from today, 17th to 21st October, 2022. This year, two groups of BECE candidates (School and Private), will for the first time, take the examination at the same period. This is due to the consistently low entries for the BECE for Private Candidates over the years.
A total number of 552,276 candidates from 18,501 schools will take the BECE for School Candidates (SC) at 2,023 centers throughout the country. The entry figure is made up of 276,988 males and 275,288 females. The number of candidates that registered for this year’s BECE (SC) is 3.48% less than the 2021 entry figure of 572,167.
In respect of the BECE for Private Candidates (PC), 1,132 candidates made up of 634 males and 498 females entered for the examination. The examination will be taken at 15 selected centers, mainly in the regional capitals. The number of registered candidates for this year’s BECE (PC) is 6.09% higher than the 2021 figure of 1,067.
While the northern region alone has 29,648 candidates made up of 15,815 males and 13,833 females.
Above is graphical representation of the 2022 BECE statistics in the Northern Region.
By: Prince Kwame Tamakloe/Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
