BECE timetable to include weekend break under extended duration — Education Minister
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced plans to extend the duration of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from five days to eight days.
The move forms part of efforts by the government to reduce pressure on candidates and provide them with more time to prepare between examination papers.
According to the minister, the current Monday-to-Friday examination schedule places considerable stress on students due to the number of subjects they are required to write within a short period.
Speaking during his WASSCE monitoring visit to Aburi Girls SHS on Wednesday, June 10, the Tamale South MP said the government was reviewing the examination calendar to make the process more student-friendly.
"Accordingly, government is reviewing the BECE exams calendar, so now the BECE will begin on a Wednesday and end the following Wednesday, so that adequate time is given to our learners to prepare for BECE across the country," he said.
The minister explained that under the proposed arrangement, candidates would have the weekend break to revise and prepare for subsequent papers.
"So when we start with the core subject on Wednesday, we'll end with the core subject the next Wednesday, so that at least they have the weekend to prepare for the expanded workload," the Minister stated.
He disclosed that the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, would oversee the implementation of the revised examination timetable.