BECE candidate stabbed after Akufo-Addo rally seeks support

A 16-year-old BECE candidate who has been left paralysed after he was stabbed during the 2016 electioneering is asking for support. Prince Boateng was returning from an NPP campaign rally addressed by now President Akufo-Addo...

Don’t rush through questions – Oppong-Nkrumah to BECE sitters

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase - Ayirebi constituency Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has advised Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates to take their time and reflect on questions before attempting to answer them. According to Mr....

Free SHS not a political gimmick – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has said his flagship educational policy -Free SHS -  is not a political gimmick. According to him,  education and skills training are the most important source of empowering and providing opportunities to the youth...

Three BECE candidates die in Sissala East

Three candidates taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination in Sissala East have been reported dead. Nine others have also failed to take part in the ongoing exams for unknown reasons. This was disclosed...

Bunkpurugu: No second chance for Monday’s missed papers – WAEC

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has stated that it would not afford the over 200 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates who failed to write the first two papers of the exercise Monday...

There’ll be no malpractices in 2017 BECE- WAEC

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has assured there will be no examination malpractices in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Speaking to Baisiwa Dowuona-Hammond on GH Today, Felix Akuffo-Badoo, the Head of Test...

BECE: Day one successful – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has described as “successful” the first day of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). A total of 468,053 candidates are sitting the exams which commenced Monday, June 5 to June...

5 Pentecost Uni students win six top ABE-UK awards

Five Ghanaian students from Pentecost University College (PUC) have once again made the country proud in the recent Examinations of the Association of Business Executives (ABE) programme of the United Kingdom. The five PUC students...

BECE: Two invigilators arrested in Bimbilla

Two invigilators have been arrested by the Police in Bimbilla for attempting to pass on information to some students during the Basic Education Certificate Examination at a centre in Bimbilla in the Northern region. According...

We’re unaware of over 200 candidates not writing BECE – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is unaware that at least 200 candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed to sit for the exams on Monday, the PRO of the Service has...