HON. TANGOBA ENCOURAGES CANDIDATES AS BECE STARTS IN UPPER EAST 14th Sept., 2020

The 2020 Basic Education Examination Certificate [BECE] has started across the Upper East Region with an estimated 22,600 candidates from all Junior High Schools [JHS] including public and private sitting for the exam.

Hon. Tangoba [holding mic] addressing candidates @ BOGISS
Records from the regional directorate of the Ghana Education Service [GES], further segregates this total number of candidates into 10,732 boys and 11,868 girls comprising students from all the 15 administrative municipalities and districts.

Upper East Regional Minister, Hon. Tangoba Abayage on the first day of the exam, visited some selected designated exam centres within the Bolgatanga Municipality including the Bolgatanga Girls’ Senior High School, the BOTECH and the ZAMSTECH centres.  At her first stop at the BOGISS centre, she wished the candidates good luck and encouraged them to conduct themselves within the laid down rules of engagement regarding the exam. She urged the candidates to put up their best though she noted the country was in hard times as the COVID 19 outbreak has truncated academic work and thrown many plans overboard.

Hon. Tangoba observed that candidates in the region may not have been as privileged as their colleagues in the national capital and other big cities to have had e-learning through the COVID 19 but charged them not to be perturbed but rather, be confident and give the exam all the seriousness it deserved. She told the candidates - “your future depends on today; the basis for you to go to SHS, technical universities or the orthodox universities”. She also advised these young boys and girls who were taking their first-ever major external exam, to guard against indulging in any acts that will cause an invigilator to sack them from the exam hall.

Candidates at the BOGISS exam centre

Meanwhile the Upper East Regional Director of Education, Mr. Edward K. Azure in his remarks to the candidates before the exam, explained that the exam would have been conducted way back in June but the COVID 19 outbreak shook the planned exam table and hence, it had to be pushed forward. He entreated the candidates not to be frightened when they enter the exam hall and also cautioned against rushing to answer questions but rather advised them; “take your time, read and understand the instructions before you attempt all questions”.

 He disclosed that in all, the region’s education authorities and other stakeholders had brought on board a total of 611 schools as designated venues for the conduct of the exam while the total number of exam centres stood at 90. He said the BECE exam would be over in a matter of one week.

 

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