Joycelyn Tetteh supports 783 BECE candidates
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi Constituency, Joycelyn Tetteh, has toured the three Basic Education Certificate Education (BECE) centres in her area.
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During the tour, the MP also supported each of the candidates with GhS25 for the period of the examination. In a brief speech before the examination, she urged them not to engage in any form of examination malpractice, since such an act could attract sanction from the West African Examination Council (WAEC).
She encouraged them not to panic because the examination would not be above what they studied, stressing that “you will come out with flying colours when you follow all instructions”.
Opportunity
Ms Tetteh used the opportunity to express concern about the reported examination malpractices and said that would not inure to the country’s development. She pledged her support for education in her constituency as a way of developing the area’s resource base.
The MP further extended a kind gesture of GhS100 each to all invigilators and supervisors, as well as various teachers from the schools that brought their candidates to the centres.
The candidates, invigilators and the teachers expressed excitement at the support and gesture from the MP. They wished her well in all her endeavours.
A total of 569,005 final-year junior high school (JHS) students are sitting for this year’s BECE, which happens to be the maiden one under the Common Core Curriculum. The curriculum attempts to ensure quality in the form of improved learning experiences and seeks to shift learners from rote learning to acquiring critical skills.
New subjects
This year’s candidates will write three new subjects – Career Technology, Creative Art and Design and Arabic. Due to their introduction, the 2024 examination will be taken in six days instead of the previous five days.
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“Career Technology and Creative Art and Design, culled from the previous Basic Design and Technology (BDT), will be written by all the candidates,” the West African Examination Council (WAEC) said.
Arabic will, however, be optional for candidates in Islamic basic schools. The examination, which began on July 8, 2024, would end on Monday, July 15, 2024.
The total number of candidates sitting for the examination represents a drop of 31,709 candidates when compared to the 600,714 who took the examination last year.
The 2024 candidates are made up of 282,593 boys and 286,412 girls.