Education Minister, others encourage BECE candidates
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has encouraged candidates writing the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to exhibit a high sense of integrity and honesty in the examination.
“You can pass these exams in honesty and with integrity. And tomorrow, you will provide leadership for this country in honesty and with integrity,” the minister encouraged the candidates.
Team members
Mr Iddrisu said this when he led a team from the ministry to tour some of the examination centres in Accra before the candidates started their Mathematics paper yesterday.
Mr Iddrisu, who was joined by the Minister of Defence, Dr Omane Boamah, the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Rita Odoley Sowah, the Technical Advisor of the Ministry of Education, Professor George K.T. Oduro, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Ernest Kofi Davis and the Municipal Director of Education, La Dadekotopon, Habiba Kotomah.
The team visited the Garrison Basic School at the Burma Camp and also the St Paul Basic School at La, both in the Greater Accra Region.
At both centres, Mr Iddrisu urged them to maintain their composure, remain calm and be confident as they entered the examination halls.
He said Ghana as a country had no future, if “you have no future”, and reminded the candidates that they were the wealth and the future of the country.
The minister wished the candidates all the best of luck in the examination, urging them to put in their best to come out with flying colours.
Mr Iddrisu gave the assurance that the government would address some of the challenges, such as the furniture and other infrastructure challenges in the educational sector.
Appropriation of time
For his part, Dr Boamah encouraged the candidates to tackle questions that were less difficult and not to spend too much time on one question.
"We know it is mathematics. So, all I am saying is, as you approach the paper, just do the questions that you can answer best first. Don't waste time on the difficult questions.
"Cover everything that you can do first before you come back and concentrate on the difficult ones," Dr Boamah advised the candidates.
He further advised the candidates not to panic. "Just focus on the ones that you can answer,” explaining that the questions were varied, explaining that research had shown that every student could have something to answer and pass.
For her part, Ms Sowah, who is also the Member of Parliament for the La Dade Kotopon Constituency, reminded the candidates that they could do well without relying on external support.
She wished the candidates well in the examination, assuring them that the examination was not beyond their reach if they worked hard.
