GES Sends Good Luck Message to 2022 BECE Candidates and exam malpractice warning
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sent a Good Luck Message to all 2022 BECE Candidates who are expected to start their Junior High School leaving examination on Monday, 17th October 2022.
In its Good Will Message to 2022 BECE Candidates, the management of the GES reminded the general-public, candidates, teachers, and parents of the upcoming examination. It also promised to ensure an incident-free examination.
To this end, the GES called on invigilators, candidates, parents, and supervisors to ensure they do their work well and are guided by honesty in their decisions and choices during the examination. “We wish to remind all Candidates, Parents, Invigilators, and Supervisors to appreciate the fact that the basis of success in life is honesty and hard work, and therefore urge all candidates and stakeholders to eschew all forms of examination malpractices before, during, and after the exams…”
It further stated that all reported cases of examination malpractices will be dealt with decisively. Candidates were advised to take note of the rules of the examination and follow them as required. It called on the security agencies to deal with all persons who attempt to undermine the integrity of the examination.
In all, 552,276 candidates are expected to write the 2022 BECE. Out of these, there are 276,988 males and, 275288 females taking the examination from some 2023 examination centres across the country from October 17th to October 21st, 2022.
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Candidates who pass the examination and obtain the minimum raw scores would be placed in one of the secondary schools they chose. This will offer them an opportunity to enjoy the government of Ghana’s Free Secondary Education known as Free SHS which commenced in 2017.
