Keta: Two pregnant candidates and a lactating mother are participating in the ongoing 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Keta Municipality of the Volta Region.
According to Ghana News Agency, centres such as Ketasco and Ketabusco have registered one pregnant candidate each, with one lactating mother at Ketasco. It was also revealed that one lactating mother, who had earlier registered for the BECE, delivered a week ago and could not take part in the exams at the Ketasco centre.
Reverend David Dzikunu, the Supervisor at the KetaBusco centre, explained that a total of 181 candidates from seven basic schools were present with no absentee on the first day of the examination. He emphasized that all candidates were taken through thorough checks before the examination to prevent any form of examination malpractice which could result in cancellation or total dismissal of the students.
Mr. Lawrence Agbeveade, the Supervising Examination Officer at Kedzi AME Zion, informed the GNA that all the 174 candidates, which comprised 80 boys and 94 girls from five schools, were present for the exercise. Meanwhile, Mr. Ferdinand Amuzu, the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service at Keta, stated that a total of 1,498 candidates from 42 public and 12 private schools would participate in the 2025 examination.
GNA observed that security personnel and the various invigilators at the centres were present to ensure a smooth and successful examination. The examinations commenced on Wednesday, June 11, with Social Studies and Computing and are expected to end on June 18. However, candidates would conclude their examinations on Tuesday, June 17, as Arabic, scheduled for June 18, will not be taken by them.
Some candidates expressed high hopes to GNA, confident that they would pass the examinations and progress to Senior High School to continue their academic pursuits. GNA also noted that some candidates were jubilant after the Social Studies examination paper, optimistic that the rest of the exams would meet their standards for a successful exercise.