The 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination will officially end on Friday, 11th August, 2023. French will be the last paper to be written. The paper will begin at exactly 9:00am.
However, several candidates will finish their examination on Thursday, 10th August, 2023. Not all schools in Ghana offer the French subject. For this reason, these candidates will not be going to the examination center on Friday.
There is always a mixed feelings from Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates after the bell is rang to end their last paper.
While some students are dancing and jubilating for the successful completion of their exam, others pray and thank God for seeing them through a hectic week
Some candidates also hugg one another and exchanged pleasantries because they might not meet again. However the main celebration will take effect on Friday.
The 2023 BECE officially begun on Monday, 7th August, 2023. A total of 600,714 candidates sat for the 2023 BECE. Out of this number, 300,323 are males while 300,391 are females. 2137 examination centers were used for the exams. 21,027 Invigilators were available for the 2023 BECE.
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 exams was conducted successfully. However according to John Kapi, head of public affairs, four persons were arrested in Ashanti region, Tema Central, and Central region for Examination Malpractice.
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“One individual was apprehended in the Ashanti region while attempting to enter the examination hall with prepared materials for the candidates. In Tema Central, a female individual was taken into custody for possessing a tablet containing information intended to be communicated to candidates. In the Central region, specifically Dunkwa-On Offin, two individuals were caught solving questions in the midst of the examination, which they intended to relay to candidates,”
“According to our rules and regulations governing the conduct of examinations at WAEC, any breach of these rules is promptly reported to law enforcement agencies. Subsequently, those individuals are charged and brought before the court.”
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As of Thursday, fifteen Arrest had been made over Examination Malpractice.