The marking of scripts of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence on Monday, October 9, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said.
Last Wednesday, WAEC initiated the coordination process which involved bringing the markers together to familiarise themselves with the marking scheme up to today.
“They will finish the coordination on Friday (today) and by Monday, October 9, the actual marking will start,” the Head of Public Affairs of WAEC, John Kapi, told the Daily Graphic yesterday.
He said marking of the scripts, which formed part of the second process of the examination, had a challenge with the release of funds.
“So we have started the process, but what we are saying is that if monies are not released, we may not be able to complete it,” he said.
There has been some apprehension over the delay in the marking of this year’s examination papers but Mr Kapi said WAEC held a meeting with the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, last Monday and he gave an assurance that he was going to release some funds to the council.
He stressed that no one was on strike regarding the marking of the scripts.
Following the government’s indebtedness to WAEC, there were fears that the 2023 BECE for school and private candidates would not be held.
However, the government later released GH¢50.5 million to the WAEC to conduct the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the BECE.
Out of the amount, GH¢40 million went into the successful conduct of the WASSCE, representing about 30 per cent of the total amount needed for the conduct of the exam.
The Head of the National Office of WAEC, Wendy Addy-Lamptey, who revealed that, noted that GH¢10.5 million was for the conduct of a successful BECE, constituting almost 15 per cent of what was required for the successful conduct of the examination.
Source: Graphic online
