General News of Saturday, 8 February 2020Source: dailyguidenetwork.comPrivate candidates’ BECE for MondayProf Opoku AmankwaOver 2,000 candidates are expected to take this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which is scheduled to begin on Monday, February 10. A statement released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) said the examinations would be conducted from February 10 to February 15, 2020. BECE for private candidates was introduced in 2015 by WAEC; it is aimed at offering another opportunity to BECE candidates who failed to make the grade for admission to senior high schools (SHSs) and technical institutes in the country. This year’s BECE for private candidates will be the sixth since the inception of the initiative which began in 2015 with 1,181 candidates. In 2016, 1,418 candidates sat for the examination while there were 1,379 candidates in 2017.

Source: GhanaWeb February 08, 2020 11:44 UTC