A total of 1,204 students made up of 560 males and 644 females are taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Adansi North District of Ashanti region.
The examination is being held in four centres namely; Dompoase SHS, T.I. Ahmadiyya Fomena, Asare Bediako SHS and ATTC Practice School at Akrokerri.
The Adansi North District Director of education, Mr. Ibrahim A. Amankwah, the DCE, Mr. Charles Kofi Ogbeh and the District Coordinating Director, Thomas Kwame Okrah (NANA) and other officers from GES were at the centres to talk to the students before the examination.
Speaking at the Dompoase SHS and TI Ahmadiyya SHS, DCE Kofi Ogbeh advised the students not to involve themselves in any examination malpractices by sending any foreign material to the examination halls.
He urged the students to take time to read the questions before answering them. To the Invigilators, Mr. Ogbeh urged them not to intimidate the students, but be firm in ensuring that they do the right thing.
The District Director of Education, Mr. Ibrahim A. Amankwah, told the students not to engage in cheating in examinations.
He stated that as future leaders, if they begin to engage in examination malpractice, they will grow to become dishonest citizens and that will not augur well for the country.
A section of students interviewed by The Chronicle were optimistic that they will go through the examination easily, considering the tutorials that they have gained from their teachers.
They said it is their wish that they score high marks to gain admission to the best schools in the country, so that their parents will not regret sponsoring them through education.
The examination ends next Tuesday.
From Frederick Danso Abeam, Fomena
