Their parents have accused the headmaster of wasting their registration fees, which has led to some students at Buduatta DA JHS in the Gomoa East district of the Central region breaking down in tears since they were unable to participate in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which is currently taking place.
Students are in tears because they are unable to write their BECE exams, and parents are saying that the headteacher wasted their money.
Some parents are shown in a video clip by Adom News comforting their children who are crying while bemoaning the fact that their children did their best to study for the examinations, but they were ultimately unsuccessful.
Today, Monday, August 7, 2023, the beginning of the 2023 BECE has arrived.
It is anticipated that over 600,000 individuals will participate in the examination, which will begin today and continue until Friday, August 11, 2023. When compared to the number from the previous year, the one from this one marks a significant increase of 5.4%.
According to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), there are roughly 300,323 male candidates and 300,391 female candidates, and they come from both private and public Junior High Schools. The candidates are taking the examination. There will be a total of 18,993 educational institutions that are a part of the examination, and there will be a total of 2,137 centres that are assigned to accommodate the candidates.
In a related development, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) was compensated the sum of GHS55 million by the Ghanaian government in order to facilitate the preparation of the BECE and WASSCE.
According to the Public Relations Officer of WAEC, Ms. Winifred Ampiaw, the amount of money that has been donated thus far is 10.5 million Ghana cedis for BECE and 40 million Ghana cedis for WASSCE.
Following the Minority in Parliament's expression of concern on the outstanding debts owed to WAEC, the payment has been made.
The Minority Spokesperson on Education, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, voiced profound worry about the urgent need for over GH50 million that WAEC has in order to satisfy its financial responsibilities and enable the smooth organisation of the approaching 2023.
He brought attention to the problems that are currently being experienced by WAEC, including the failure of the government to provide funds for compensating persons who volunteered their services during the 2022 WASSCE.
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