The private Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has ended with resitters expressing optimism in coming out with flying colours.
According to them, they were not successful in the first examination they wrote due to some unfortunate incidents.
However, with the opportunity to rewrite the examination they would perform well.
In separate interviews with the Junior Graphic the students commended the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for giving them another opportunity to sit the exam and improve on their grades.
“We are grateful to WAEC for the second chance given us. During the first examination I was distracted by friends and that made me to fail,” Abdul Aziz, 21, who first wrote the BECE in 2012, said.
Another candidate, Mabel Amartey, 22, said being unsuccessful in the 2013 examination did not mean that was the end of her education, adding that “this private BECE has been very good for some of us”.
She said there were many people out there who had longed for such an opportunity so that they could continue their education so she was happy for another chance to improve on her grades.
For her part, Elizabeth Amedzro, 20, said she needed the certificate to pursue her dream of becoming a caterer.
“Even though I can go to a vocational school with my grades I think once they are better it would be to my benefit because I do not know when other opportunities might present themselves,” she said.
Samuel Ago, who said he was the supervisor of his father’s block factory, noted that after being at home for sometime due to poor results “I think this is the appropriate time to go back to school”.
Samuel, who wrote the examination in 2011, said sometimes he felt shy when he saw some of his mates currently in tertiary institutions coming back home on vacation.
“It is better late than never. I have helped my father enough and it is time to continue with my education,” he added.
The Supervisor at the Asare Menako Hall, Mr Timothy Quaye, said the examination went on smoothly throughout the period.
