The Ministry of Education (MoE) following the sudden demise of some eight 2021 BECE candidates who drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized on the River Oti has sent a word of condolence to the family of the students.
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In a post sighted by EducationWeb.com.gh, the Deputy Spokesman for the Ministry, Mr Yaw Opoku Mensah on behalf of his outfit said “8 young souls lost through drowning? What a tragedy. My condolence to the bereaved family.”
“It’s reported that they were final year students who will be sitting for the BECE on Monday. God protect and guide us in our endeavours so we don’t hear of such tragedies again. May their souls rest in perfect peace,” Yaw Mensah added.
According to a local media report, the Lwanga R/C final year JHS students numbering about 31, set to sit for the 31st edition of BECE for School were returning from the headmaster’s farm when the boat capsized on the Oti River
It said the 20 of the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) candidates were able to swim across, and are said to be in good condition whiles the police are searching for at least two persons feared to have also drowned.
A total of 571,894 prospective candidates from Monday, November 15 to Friday, November 19, 2021, will sit for the 31st edition of the national examination to be administered by the West African Examinations Council at 2,158 centres.
The final year Junior High School students on Monday will commence the nationwide examination with the Social Studies Paper 1&2 and end on Friday with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (Essay and Objectives).
They have been advised by the Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to desist from any form of examination malpractice that could lead to the cancellation of some or their entire subject results.
In a statement copied to EducationWeb, GES said the selection of schools will begin after the conduct of the national examination. It indicated that details of the school selection process at the appropriate time will be communicated.