Five nursing mothers and two pregnant girls are among candidates writing the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality of the Bono East Region.
Additionally, three hearing- and speech-impaired candidates are also participating in the examination, which is being conducted across nine centres within the municipality.
This became known during a monitoring tour of the examination centres by Madam Adiza Tassa, Director of Early Childhood and Care Education at the Ghana Education Service (GES).
During the visit, it was observed that 14 candidates—comprising seven boys and seven girls—were absent from the examination. No official reasons were provided for their absence.
Madam Tassa cautioned candidates against engaging in examination malpractice, warning that such actions could lead to the cancellation or withholding of their results, thereby jeopardizing their chances of benefiting from the government’s Free Senior High School programme.
Statistics from the Municipal Directorate of Education indicate that a total of 2,224 candidates from 85 schools—52 public and 33 private—are sitting for the examination. This number includes 1,085 males and 1,139 females.