2008 BECE begins today

04-21-08
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This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) begins throughout the country today.
A total of 337,110 candidates, made up of 184,919 males and 152 females would take part in the examination which would be written in 9,212 schools.
There would be 1,183 centres and 1,183 supervisors in charge of the examination.
In the Greater Accra Region, 61,313 candidates would be writing the examination, Eastern Region, 37,689 candidates; Central Region, 35,965 candidates; Western Region, 33,967 candidates; Ashanti Region, 69,818 candidates; Brong Ahafo, 30,590 candidates; Volta Region, 26,472 candidates; Northern Region, 21,443 candidates, Upper East Region, 12,257 and Upper West Region, 7,596 candidates.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has cautioned candidates and teachers to follow all the examination rules since the necessary penalties would be applied when they were flouted.