Official 2025 BECE Timetable Out and Downloadable Here

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the official 2025 BECE Timetable. The newchedule for the exam has been atttached to be downloaded here by Ghana Education News.
The timetable confirms the exam dates as from 9th June to 16th June 2025. In total, candidates will be examined in 11 subject areas over an 8-day period, but the examinations will take place on 6 days out of the 8. Candidates will write a maximum of 10 subjects out of the 11, and a minimum of 9 subjects.
The newly released 2025 BECE Timetable differs from the timetable used by WAEC for the 2024 examination. In the new timetable released by WAEC, candidates will write Social Studies and Computing on the first day of the examination, 9th June.
English Language, which has remained the first subject to be written at the BECE since 1990, has been moved to the second day of the exam but maintains its paper one spot. It will be written along with Career Technology on 10th June 2025.
On Wednesday, 11th June 2025, candidates will be tested in Science and Ghanaian Language respectively. Mathematics has remained a Thursday paper at the BECE, even with the changes made by WAEC.
2025 BECE Timetable Simplified
DATE | SUBJECT | DURATION |
---|---|---|
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | Social Studies 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
Social Studies 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
Computing 2 (Essay) | 1 hour, 10 mins | |
Computing 1 (Objectives) | 50 minutes | |
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | English Language (Essay) | 1 hour, 25 minutes |
English Language (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
Career Technology 2 (Essay) | 1 hour, 15 minutes | |
Career Technology 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 | Science 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
Science 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
Ghanaian Language 2 (Essay) | 1 hour 15 minutes | |
Ghanaian Language 1 (Objective) | 40 minutes | |
Thursday, 12th June, 2025 | Mathematics 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
Mathematics 1 (Objective) | 1 hour | |
Religious and Moral Education | 1 hour 10 minutes | |
Religious and Moral Education 1 (Objective) | 50 minutes | |
Friday, 13th June, 2025 | French 2 (Essay) | 45 minutes |
French 1 (Objective) | 1 hour | |
Creative Arts and Design 2 (Essay) | 1 hour 15 minutes | |
Creative Arts and Design 2 (Essay) | 50 minutes | |
Monday, 16th June, 2025 | Arabic 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
Arabic 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes |
2025 BECE Timetable – Full and Final
DATE | SUBJECT CODE | SUBJECT/PAPER | DURATION | TIME |
Monday, 9th June, 2025 | 020/2 | Social Studies 2 (Essay) | 1 hour | 9.00 a.m. – 10 a.m. |
020/1 | Social Studies 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | 10. 00 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. | |
071/2 | Computing 2 (Essay) | 1 hour, 10 mins | 1.00 p.m. – 2.15 p.m. | |
071/1 | Computing 1 (Objectives) | 50 minutes | 2. 15 pm – 3.00 p.m. | |
Tuesday, 10th June, 2025 | 001/2 | English Language (Essay) | 1 hour, 25 minutes | 9.00 a.m. – 10.10 a.m. |
001/1 | English Language (Objective) | 45 minutes | 10.10 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. | |
040/2 | Career Technology 2 (Essay) | 1 hour, 15 minutes | 1.00 p.m. – 2.15 p.m. | |
040/1 | Career Technology 1 (Objective0 | 45 minutes | 2.15 p.m. – 3.05 p.m. | |
Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 | 034/2 | Science 2 (Essay) | 1 hour | 9.00 a.m. – 10.25 a.m. |
034/1 | Science 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | 10.25 a.m. – 11.10 a.m. | |
003/2-013/2 | Ghanaian Language 2 (Essay) | 1 hour 15 minutes | 1.00 p.m. – 2.10 p.m. | |
003/1-013/1 | Ghanaian Language 1
(Objective) |
40 minutes | 2.10 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. | |
Thursday, 12th June, 2025 | 030/2 | Mathematics 2 (Essay) | 1 hour | 9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. |
030/1 | Mathematics 1 (Objective) | 1 hour | 10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. | |
022/2 | Religous and Moral Education | 1 hour 10 minutes | 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. | |
022/1 | Religous and Moral Education 1 (Objective) | 50 minutes | 2.00 p.m. – 2.45 p.m. | |
Friday, 13th June, 2025 | 002/2 | French 2 (Essay) | 45 minutes | 9.00 a.m. – 9.45 a.m. |
002/1 | French 1 (Objective) | 1 hour | 9.45 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. | |
041/2 | Creative Arts and Design 2 (Essay) | 1 hour 15 minutes | 1.00 p.m. – 2.15 p.m. | |
041/1 | Creative Arts and Design 2 (Essay) | 50 minutes | 2.15 p.m. – 3.05 p.m. | |
Monday, 16th June, 2025 | 014/2 | Arabic 2 (Essay) | 1 hour | 9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. |
014/1 | Arabic 1
(Objective) |
45 minutes | 10.00 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. |
DOWNLOAD THE 2025 BECE FINAL TIME TABLE – 2025 BECE FINAL TIMETABLE
NOTES FOR CANDIDATES AND SCHOOLS
- Both papers for each Subject are to be taken in one sitting without a break.
- DIFFERENCE IN TIME ON QUESTION PAPER AND TIMETABLE
READ ALSO: WAEC Releases Computing Sample Questions For The 2024/2025 BECE
Where the duration indicated on the question paper differs from that on the timetable, the one on the question paper should be followed.
READ ALSO: GES 2024-2025 Academic Calendar for Public Schools
- EXTRA TIME FOR VISUALLY AND HEARING IMPAIRED CANDIDATES
Candidates with visual and hearing impairments are to be allowed an additional 50% of the time allotted to other candidates.
All stakeholders should look out for the official date and examination timetable from the WAEC/GES in the coming months.