This year’s BECE starts June 13
A total of 461,013 candidates from 14,267 public and private junior high schools (JHSs) will write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across the country from June 13 to June 17, 2016.
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The number represents an increase of 35,966 over last year’s figure of 392,082. The candidates, who are made up of 239,963 males and 221,050 females, will write the examination at 1,598 centres.
Out of the total number of candidates, 441,561 of them will write an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) examination, while 192,539 will be tested in French.
Fifty-seven visually impaired candidates will also take part in the examination to be supervised by 15,695 invigilators.
There will be 1,598 supervisors and 1,515 assistant supervisors.
Regional breakdown
According to statistics made available to the Daily Graphic by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the Ashanti Region again has the highest number of 91,349 candidates, comprising 46,931 males and 44,418 females.
The Greater Accra Region follows the Ashanti Region with 81,920 candidates; 39,624 males and 42,296 females. Central Region has the third highest of 48,949 candidates (25,424 males and 23,525 females).
Western Region has 45,979 candidates (24,283 males and 21,696 females); Eastern Region, 44,028 candidates (23,383 males and 20,645 females) and the Brong Ahafo Region, 42,659 candidates (22,716 males and 19,943 females).
The rest are: Northern Region, 39,916 candidates (22,489 males and 17,427 females); Volta Region, 32,979 candidates (18,205 males and 14,774 females); Upper East Region, 20,713 candidates (10,409 males and 10,304 females) and the Upper West Region, 12,521 candidates (6,499 males and 6,022 females).