Dr Clement Apaak encourages candidates to be confident
The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Clement Apaak, has urged candidates writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to remain confident and focus on applying their knowledge as they continue their exams.
Speaking after a visit to the Aburi Girls Senior High School examination centre in the Eastern Region, where he spoke directly to candidates, he encouraged them to take their exams seriously while staying calm and writing the exams.
Some of the schools the deputy minister visited included Aburi Girls Senior High School, Aburi Basic School and Aburi Presby Technical Senior School.
Dr Apaak reminded the candidates that their role was beyond just preparing for the future, stressing that they were already shaping the country’s present.
“When we say you are the future, I think sometimes we are looking too far. You are the present and the future,” he said.
He explained that what students did in their examinations and studies today would contribute to the Ghana they all hoped to build in the coming years.
The Deputy Minister also expressed satisfaction with how the examinations had gone so far, noting that there had been no reported cases of examination malpractice or serious incidents in the centre.
He also encouraged candidates not to panic but to stay confident, especially since they had already completed several papers and were becoming more comfortable with the process.
“I’m sure the pressure and the tension have gone down. So be confident,” he told them.
Dr Apaak assured the candidates of the government’s support as they progressed to the next stage of their education, whether in technical and vocational education and training, traditional senior high schools or specialised institutions.
The Deputy Minister further advised students to focus on understanding and applying what they had learned rather than just memorising answers.
According to him, that was important because examinations now test application skills more than repetition.
“We have moved from just regurgitating what you have learnt to application. So you must think and apply what you have been taught,” he explained.
