By Jones Anlimah
A total of 29,316 students in the Volta region joined their counterparts nationwide on Monday, July 8, to write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations. Out of this, 14,534 are boys, while 14,782 are girls. This year’s examination is being written in 115 examination centres across the region.
The conduct of the examinations in the Ho municipality of the Volta region began without any major hitches or challenges.
A total of 1,176 schools within the region have presented a corresponding student population of 29,316 to undertake this year’s examinations. The examination is being written in 115 examination centres across the region.
101 schools in the Ho municipality, with a corresponding student population of 2,946, are expected to write the exams in 10 examination centres in the Ho municipality of the region.
All 260 expected students reported on the first day to write the exams at the Kabore school examination center. Students were busy writing the English paper when the news team visited the center. The news team was told that there were no issues with persons with disabilities, as there were none present in the centre.
According to the supervisor, Mrs. Makafui Doe Ama Fiagbe, there were no challenges with logistics, and the exams started at 9:13 a.m..
144 boys and 177 girls are expected and indeed reported to write the exams at the Hokpodzi EP JHS Centre D. The supervisor Mr. Nelson Selorm Adjei, told GBCNEWS that there wasn’t any issue with both logistics and personnel and that the exams started at 9:15 a.m. The centre did not have any candidates with a special need.
The situation was the same at the Mawuko Senior High School Examination Centre. Here, 402 candidates—188 boys and 214 girls—reported to write the exams. The student had just finished with Section A of their English paper when the news team visited the center. According to the supervisor, Mr. Theodore Atsu, there was no student with any form of disability, and the exams started at exactly 9:05 a.m.
In an interview with the Volta Regional Director of Education, Mr. Francis Yaw Agbemadi, adequate measures have been put in place to ensure the successful conduct of the exams in the region while also ensuring that the region records improvement over previous BECE performances. “So far, we have not observed anything negative, and we advised the candidates to comport themselves,” he said.
Mr Agbemadi added, “This year we have put some interventions in place, like the catch-up classes that have been conducted for the candidates, to ensure that the region’s performance this year sees an improvement over previous ones.”
35 candidates with special needs are writing the examination in the region.