How 2022 BECE Aggregate and Raw Score Is Calculated: Get It Right

Now that the 2022 BECE examination is over, you need to know the How 2022 BECE Aggregate / Raw Score will be calculated. Ghana Education News decided to publish this article because students and some parents have started asking this question. We believe through this article, we will reach more with the answers to these questions.

In this article, we shall answer the following questions.

How the BECE Aggregate Is Calculated

How BECE Raw Score is Calculated

How the BECE Aggregate Is Calculated

Let us get the steps for calculating a candidate’s aggregate score.
1. Identify the four core subjects (Maths, English, Integrated Science, and Social Studies)
2. Add up the grade you scored for the four core subjects.
3. Take a careful look at the Elective subjects thus (ICT, RME, PRE TECH, Gh. LANGUAGE, and FRENCH)
4. Choose two subjects out of these five in which you obtained the best grades. Yes only Two Subjects even if you had grade 1 in each of them
5. Add the total grade from the 4 core subjects and the 2 electives to get your BECE aggregate score.

How BECE Raw Score is Calculated

Note that for your raw score to be calculated, the actual scores you obtain out of 100 marks for each of the subjects will be considered. Thus, all the scores you obtain from the 4 core subjects and the best two Electives will be added to obtain your total raw score.

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This total raw score will play a critical role in your school placement chances. If a candidate obtained better scores in the core papers, he or she stands a better chance of obtaining a higher raw score.

Do not believe the information below

No candidate should believe the information out there which suggests that WAEC will calculate your aggregate by choosing the best three core subjects and the best three Elective subjects. This is never true. 

The truth is this: It is calculated using the raw scores of the 4 core subjects plus the best subjects from (ICT, RME, PRE TECH, Gh. LANGUAGE, and FRENCH).

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