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22.08.2008 Education

BECE Results

22.08.2008 LISTEN
By Times Reporter - newtimesonline.com

The results of this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

A statement in Accra yesterday and signed by Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Senior Public Affairs Officer of WAEC, said 570 candidates had subject results cancelled while 28 candidates had their entire results cancelled.

"The affected candidates were involved in various examination irregularities, such as impersonation, collusion, bringing into the examination hall foreign materials, seeking or receiving help from non-candidates such as invigilators, supervisors and teachers, tearing parts of their question papers and answer booklets."

The release added that candidates can access their results on the internet.

Candidates' scores have been forwarded to the Ghana Education Service (GES) for use in the computerised school selection and placement programme (CSSPS).

A total of 337,110 candidates made up of 152,191 girls and 184,919 boys (including the hearing and visually impaired) from 9,212 public and private junior high schools wrote the BECE in April.

In a related development, the GES, in a statement signed on behalf of the head of the Public Relations Unit, Mr Charles Parker-Allotey, said this year's CSSPS exercise under which qualified BECE candidates are placed in second cycle schools, has started.

The public will be informed when the placement exercise is completed, it said.

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