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GES outlines the strictest rules ever for BECE registration

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has outlined the strictest rules ever for the 2024 BECE registration. This is the first time the GES has officially outlined these rules in this manner.

GES outlines the strictest rules ever for BECE registration: Summary of the rules

While the 2024 BECE registration started on March 11, 2024, it is expected to end on April 19, 2024.

Only students in JHS3 in their respective schools qualify to write the examination. Form 1 and Form 2 students, or those in lower classes, do not qualify in any way to sit the exam.
No school should advertise their BECE registration in any form to attract JHS 3, 2, 1, etc. students from their school or other schools for the examination in print, electronic, and social media.
Students who have not completed Forms 1 and 2 do not have the required continuous assessment records to participate in the examination and should not be registered.
No public school or headteacher of a public school should register candidates who are in JHS 1, 2, or 3 in a private school for the examination.

In order to address these issues, private schools should inform the GES of any registrations of their students by public schools.

Very often, public schools are guilty of the above and also charge parents to register students from private schools.

The GES must take action against all head teachers and public schools that register students from private schools. Making such punitive measures public will paint the GES as an institution that is truly committed to stopping this canker.

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Parents who attempt this must also be made to face the full arm of the law. These punitive measures, education, and cautions from the GES will go a long way towards helping stop the unhealthy practice.

In a related development, students preparing for the 2024 BECE will be examined with practical examination questions that demand critical thinking.

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This means questions will not be straight-forward, and students will have to apply their knowledge to answer questions.