GES Releases Academic Calendar For 2024 BECE Candidates

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the academic calendar for 2024 BECE candidates. This calendar is quiet different from those in Primary up to JHS 2.

JHS 3 students, who are also 2024 BECE BECE candidates are currently in term 2 of the 2023/2024 academic year. Let’s take a look at what the calendar says for them until the BECE begins on Monday, 8th July, 2024 and end on Friday, 12th July, 2024.

Second term which resumed on 9th January, 2024 will end on 11th April, 2024. JHS 3 students will then go on break from 12th April, 2024 to 29th April, 2024.

The third term will start on 30th April, 2024. Students will be in school until the 2024 BECE is over on 12th July, 2024.

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When Does The 2024 BECE Registration Starts?

According to the West African Examination Council (WAEC), the 2024 BECE registration starts on 26th February, 2024. The deadline for registration is 5th April, 2024.

The BECE for School Candidates is a school examination and is available to students in the third/final year of Junior High School only. It is therefore against the rules and regulations of the examination for schools to engage in the following activities;

• Solicit for students and advertise the BECE in any form e.g. in the print, electronic or social media;
• Register students who have not been enrolled in junior high school from their first year through to the third year and do not have the required continuous assessment records. The grading for the BECE is 70% external examination score and 30% continuous assessment score. Students who for one reason or the other transferred from one school to the other should have evidence of the necessary continuous assessment records;

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• Register students who are not in final year or are not bona fide students of the school in question. We have received intelligence reports of some students in public schools who move from their schools to private schools to register for the examination because of assurances of obtaining good grades by these schools.

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How Many Papers Will Be Written During The 2024 BECE

Core Subjects (Confirmed)

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• English Language
• Social Studies
• Religious and Moral Education (RME)
• Mathematics
• Science
• Career Technology
• Creative Art and Design
• Computing

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Optional Subjects (Confirmed)

• French
• Arabic
• Ghanaian Language (11 languages)

WHEN IS THE 2024 BECE?

The 2024 BECE will start on Monday, 8th July and end on Friday, 12th July, 2024.

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