Everything about 2025 BECE you need to know

Everything you need to know about the 2025 BECE examination, from the examination date to the timetable to the registration phases, has been covered here. 

2025 is here, and it is another examination year for Junior High School students preparing for the 2025 BECE to be administered by WAEC. Ahead of the examination processes to be initiated by WAEC, the Ghana Education News portal details all the facts you need to know about the 2025 BECE.

Since 2024, WAEC has changed the way questions are asked. It has also introduced a serialized question system for objective test questions.

Everything about 2025 BECE: What is the BECE in Ghana?

The BECE is an acronym for Basic Education Certificate Examination. This is an annual examination conducted by WAEC for Junior High School students in their final year.

The 2025 BECE will be the 35th exam, and the first exam was administered in 1990.

What curriculum will be used by WAEC?

The 2025 BECE will be the second to be administered by WAEC based on the 2019 Common Core Curriculum released by NaCCA, but in all, it will be the 35th BECE.

Who can sit the BECE in Ghana?

Originally, the BECE was for only students who had gone through 9 years of basic education and were in basic 9. However, over the years, students in Basic 7 and 8 have been registered for the exam only to come out on top with good grades. This development is not expected to change. Schools and parents with brilliant students in Basic 8 are likely to give these prodigies the chance to write the BECE ahead of their colleagues.

Junior High Schools (JHS) with brilliant students in basic 9 should keep an eye on their students so they are not snatched or also register such students to get the best out of them since there are no official rules against the registration of such students.

What is the 2025 BECE exam date? When will the 2025 BECE be written?

Our projection before January 2025:

At the time of this publication, WAEC had not released any official communication on the 2025 BECE exam date; however, based on WAEC’s past timetables and month, Ghana Education News can confidently project with a 99% confidence level that, barring any other last-minute changes, the 2025 BECE will be administered from Monday, 9th June, 2025, to Monday, 16th June, 2025.

WAEC approved the BECE date released on 24th January 2025 by GES

The above was our projection earlier. The Ghana Education Service press release on the 2025 BECE has confirmed the date above. The BECE will indeed take place in June from 9th to 16th June 2025 for school candidates.

What is the 2025 BECE timetable likely to look like?

Below is the subject timetable WAEC is most likely to use and the dates for the BECE.

2025 BECE Timetable: Dates and Subjects

Check our projected timetable and download it here >>. Download 2025 BECE Timetable (Projected)

BECE Home and School Mocks

Students who are to write the BECE must be well prepared for the examination. This demands parents, teachers, and schools invest in BECE mock examinations for effective preparation.

Some parents will have to seek the services of extra tuition teachers for their wards. One of the best mock services to consider for your wards and schools is the Education-News Consult-administered mock exam for schools and candidates in their homes nationwide.

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READ: 6 Changes in the 2024 BECE Exam Format

What are the laid-down BECE registration procedures?

1. Biodata and subject registration and selection is the first phase of the BECE registration
2. The next phase is the conduct of the examination by WAEC
3. This is followed by the choosing of schools after the examination
4. The above is followed by the release of BECE results by WAEC
5. The Ministry of Education (MoE) releases the BECE school placements
6. Students report to school to start their secondary education journey.

BECE resit and private candidates

Every year WAEC also organizes a resit BECE for candidates who failed in previous examinations. In 2025 WAEC is likely to organise to separate BECE resit examinations along with the exam for school candidates at the same time.

Those who failed the 2024 BECE will have to resit the exam but their questions must come from the new curriculum. These candidates will end up answering the same questions to be used to assess school candidates.

Those who failed the BECE before the 2024 exam will have to be assessed with questions based on the old curriculum. WAEC will have to give further details on these issues.

This post has covered everything about the 2025 BECE you need to know to help you plan.

Raw scores to target for school placement after 2025 BECE

For students to get placed in “better” schools, such as grade A and B schools, they need to obtain raw scores within a range. In all, students will write a maximum of 10 subjects. Since each subject is scored over 100%, that adds up to a total score of 1000. However, candidates raw scores are calculated using the raw scores of 6 subjects. The six subjects are all four core subjects and raw scores from the two best subjects from the other six subjects.

The raw scores from the six subjects are scored over 600.

Students who want to be placed in grade A schools must be targeting not less than 420/600 to stand a chance in the competitive placing of students.  This means such a student must at least obtain a grade of 66.67 in each of the subjects taken. The higher the grades the better your chances of being placed.

Do not forget that, every year there are students who obtain 500/600 and your 2025 BECE candidate will be competing with them for placement. Help your ward to study and get ready for the BECE if you are targeting category A schools in the school placement.

Category B schools, students must target between 350 and 419 out of 600. While lower raw scores may secure a grade B or A school, the higher your raw score, the easier it is to get placed no matter the competion. The aggregate obtained by a student may become irrelevant if the raw scores are used.

Basic Tips For Students Who Want To Pass the 2025 BECE

1. Engage in active study activities when revising or learning for the exam. This simply means that you should not just be reading your books and notes. Instead, make sure you engage with the book by writing out and explaining the things you read and solving past questions. Do all the things you will typically do in an exam and train yourself to do them as part of your preparation.
2. Read and understand questions before you answer them.
3. Brainstorm questions and plan the answers.
4. Teach your friends what you learn. It is a great way to test your understanding of the things you have learnt.

To get the full details of how to score high marks in the 2025 BECE to be held in June, 2025 read this post >>>8 Ways to Improve Your Answer-Writing Skills for Exams. This should help you know the right things and learn to do them as part of your mock examinations.

We hope we have provided you with excellent, up-to-date information on this.

Written by Ghana Education News Editorial Staff

The Ghana Education News Editorial Staff is comprised of seasoned education consultants, policy analysts, and verified journalists dedicated to providing accurate, timely, and credible updates on the Ghanaian GES curriculum, WAEC updates, and academic leadership.