The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of a new and final 2025 BECE examination date and timetable for candidates by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). Per the new timetable, the examination will start on a Wednesday instead of the usual Monday and end on a Wednesday in the following week.

What are the final 2025 BECE start and end dates released by GES?

Per the timetable released earlier by WAEC in collaboration with the GES, the examination was to start on Monday, 9th June, and end on Monday, 16th June. However, due to the Eid-ul-Adha festivities and holiday, the examination will now start on Wednesday, 11th June, and end on Wednesday, 18th June, 2025. This will be the first time in the history of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) that the examination will start on a Wednesday (mid-week).

Teachers, schools and candidates are to note that the subject pairings as released by WAEC earlier remain the same.

In a letter released by the Ghana Education Service to communicate the change of the examination date and timetable, it indicated that the change in the examination date was necessitated by the tentative date for Eid-ul-Adha, which is Saturday, 7th June 2025. It added that “following on from the Eid-ul-Adha holidays, it is envisaged that Monday, 9th, and Tuesday, 10th June, could be declared as public holidays.”

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The new dates were therefore considered to ensure the examination does not coincide with the holidays.

The new dates will help candidates in the long run since they will have a break after taking subjects from 11th to 13th June, then break for the weekend, revise well for the examination, and continue from Monday, 16th June, to Wednesday, 18th June, 2025.

The new WAEC timetable has also been attached to help students and all other stakeholders be fully updated about the changes.