A total of 74 Public and Private Schools are participating in the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE) in the West Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region.
Out of the total number, 56 are public and 18 are Private Schools with seven Examination centers and 57 Invigilators as well as seven Supervisors.
According to the Public Relations Officer for the Municipal Education Directorate, Mr. Edward Konadu, a total of 1,741 registered for the Examination and it included 887 males and 854 females.
He said there were no suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases in both junior and Senior High Schools in the area since candidates were asked to return to school to prepare for the Examination.
Mr. Konadu called on parents to give the needed support to their kids to write the Examination and was optimistic of a peaceful and successful examination.
According to the WAEC schedule, Candidates will write the English Language, Religious and Moral Education on Monday, Integrated Science, and Basic Design and Technology on Tuesday.
Information and Communication Technology, and French will be written on Wednesday with Mathematics, Ghanaian Language and Culture on Thursday, before ending with Social Studies on Friday.
An examination timetable issued to head teachers by WAEC confirmed that visually and hearing-impaired candidates would be given an extra one and half hour against the time allotted to other candidates.
The BECE is used by the GES to select qualified candidates for Senior High Schools and Technical Institutes across the country.
The results of the examination are based on Continuous Assessment and the external examination with the Continuous Assessment forming 30 percent whilst the external examination, 70 percent of the total assessment.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora