A total of 693 students, comprising 308 males and 385 females, from 19 schools are sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
One person out of this number was recorded absent on the first day of the exams, which commence in four centres in the District.
There has been an increase of 44 candidates this year as compared to 2022, which recorded a total of 649 candidates. Also, in terms of absenteeism, there has been a decrease, as last year recorded 2 absentees on the first day of the exams.
The Nabdam District Education Public Relations Officer, Joseph Nyagre Yenpusak, revealed this when he spoke to A1 News on the first day of the 2023 BECE.
He said the exercise was ongoing smoothly in all centres without hindrance.
At the Regional level, a total of 22,431 candidates are sitting for this year’s BECE, comprising 10,578 males and 11,853 females.
Nationally, 600,714 candidates, comprising 300,323 males and 300,391 females from 18,983 schools, are sitting for the exams in 2,137 centres across the country.
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Stephen Yakubu, has urged candidates sitting for the Basic Education Certificate Examination to be confident in themselves to enable them to excel.
He said building one’s confidence and understanding the questions were some basic key things candidates needed to consider before going into the examination hall, and it was important the pupil first develop that self-confidence.
Mr. Yakubu also called on the candidates to be calm and not panic, as well as show some level of respect to their invigilators as they guide them through the examination.
He made this call when he spoke to Mark Smith on A1 Radio’s Daybreak Upper East Show regarding the 2023 BECE, which began today, August 7, 2023.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|Ghana
