Headmaster Allegedly ‘Chops’ Registration Fees of BECE Candidates, Fails To Register Them

Final year students Buduatta Basic school who are sitting for the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), were disappointed after they discovered that the headmaster of the school failed to register them.

The students could not find their index numbers at the examination centre where they were supposed to write their paper for today [Monday].

It was later discovered that the headmaster of the school, failed to register them.  The aggrieved students could not hold their tears and have vowed to deal with the headmaster. According to report, the headmaster allegedly squandered the registration fees of the students.

Some of them wept bitterly and said, ‘’we have prepared for the exams but we arrived only to discover that, our headmaster did not register us for the exams. This is painful and wickedness.’’

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Some parents who spoke to the media threatened to take legal action the headmaster.

The Ghana Education Service is being called upon to investigate this matter.

The 2023 BECE has officially begun today, Monday, 7th August, 2023. A total of 600,714 candidates will sit for the 2023 BECE. Out of this number, 300,323 are males while 300,391 are females. 2137 examination centers will be used to the exams. 21027 Invigilators will be available for the 2023 BECE.

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REGIONAL BREAKDOWN

Ashanti region – 117,084
Males: 57,973
Females – 59,111

Ahafo/Bono/Bono East – 55,617
Males- 27,882
Females – 27,735

Volta/Oti – 44,221
Males – 22,723
Females – 21,498

Norten/North East/Savannah – 46,783
Males – 24, 706
Females – 22,077

Western/Western North – 22,437
Males – 10,558
Females- 11,879

Upper West Region – 14,804
Males – 7,163
Females – 7,641

Greater Accra region – 112,894
Males – 54,624
Females – 58,270

Eastern Region – 58,311
Males- 29,703
Females – 28,608

Central region – 68,035
Males- 34,166
Females – 33,869

Western/Western North – 60,528
Males- 30,825
Females -29,703

The Ashanti region has the most number of candidates writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Followed by the Greater Accra Region.

Students will pass their exams will have the opportunity to benefit from the free senior high school programme.