Accra, April 18, GNA – This year’s Basic School Certificate Examination (BECE) started throughout the country on Monday. The examination is to assess 287,341 candidates made up of 158,038 boys and 129,303 girls for admission into senior secondary, technical and vocational schools in the 2005/2006 academic year.
The examination would end on Friday April 22, The Minister for Education and Sports, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo has advised all candidates to avoid all forms of examination malpractices that would lead to the cancellation of the examination results thus giving the country a bad image in the eyes of the international community.
Mr Osafo-Maafo cautioned the candidates to be aware of fake BECE questions already in circulation and concentrate on their studies. He asked parents, guardians, teachers, invigilators and supervisors to co-operate in order to realize the objective of a leakage-free and successful examination.
Source: GhanaWeb