A total number of 552,276 candidates from 18,501 schools will take the BECE for School Candidates (SC) at 2,023 centres throughout the country.
The entry figure is made up of 276,988 males and 275,288 females.
The number of candidates that registered for this year’s BECE (SC) is 3.48% less than the 2021 entry figure of 572,167.
In respect of the BECE for Private Candidates (PC), 1,132 candidates made up of 634 males and 498 females entered for 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.
The Council is assuring members of the public that all appropriate measures have been put in place to safeguard test security and ensure that the examination is conducted successfully.
As part of the appropriate measures putting in place to safeguard the exams, Mr. Kwasi Kwarteng PRO for the education ministry has urges there won’t be any exams malpractice.
“There won’t be any examination malpractice because the questions are serialized, each region and it’s questions ” he stated.
In furtherance he stated , each region has it set of questions and there won’t be any difference because the questions are set based on the syllabus used in teaching them.
He thereby urges candidates to learn and never rely on any exams malpractice or sending in any foreign material into their various exams halls.
