A total of 552,276 candidates from 18,501 schools are expected to take part in the 2022 BECE at 2,023 centres throughout the country.
The West African Examinations Council will administer the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School and Private Candidates, 2022 from the 17th to the 21st of October 2022.
This year, two groups of BECE candidates (School and Private), will for the first time, take the examination in the same period. This is due to the consistently low entries for the BECE for Private Candidates over the years.
In respect of the BECE for Private Candidates (PC), 1,132 candidates made up of 634 males and 498 females entered the examination.
The examination will be taken at 15 selected centres, mainly in the regional capitals.
The number of registered candidates for this year’s BECE (PC) is 6.09% higher than the 2021 figure of 1,067.
ENTRY FIGURES – SCHOOL CANDIDATES
REGION
TOTAL CANDIDATES
Greater Accra
50,347 – Male
54,276 – Female
104,623 -TOTAL
Eastern
26,845 – MALE
25,777 – FEMALE
52,622 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Central
31,610 – MALE
31,577 – FEMALE
63,187 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Western and Western North
28,365 – MALE
27,322 – FEMALE
55,687 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Ashanti
53,719 – MALE
53,749 – FEMALE
107,468 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Bono, Ahafo and Bono East
26,143 – MALE
25,448 – FEMALE
51,591 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Volta and Oti
20,373 – MALE
18,851 – FEMALE
39,224 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Northern, North East and Savannah
23,097 – MALE
20,495 – FEMALE
43,592 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Upper East
9,887 – MALE
11,066 – FEMALE
20,953 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
Upper West
6,602 – MALE
6,727 – FEMALE
13,329 – TOTAL CANDIDATES
TOTAL: 552,276
276,988 – MALE
275,288 – FEMALE
Number of Participating Schools – 18,501
Number of Examination Centres – 2,023
Number of Supervisors – 2,023
Number of Assistant Supervisors – 1,816
Number of Invigilators – 19,384
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
