About 517,332 final-year Junior High School (JHS) students are writing this year’s BECE for school candidates from today. They comprise 263,616 males and 253,716 females.
The 2019 BECE candidates, who are from 16,871 public and private JHS schools, will write the examination at 1,880 centres across the country.
The examination, which will be written from today to friday, will be manned by 1,880 supervisors and 18,136 invigilators.
Checks by GBC’s correspondents indicate that examination papers delayed in some instances, leading to the late start of the examination at some centers while others began on time.