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19-04-2012
Narration: The Upper East Regional Director of Education, Paul Apanga, is hopeful that candidates writing this year’s BECE in the region are poised to achieving excellent results as they have been adequately prepared to produce the best of results the region has ever recorded. Mr. Apanga who spoke to Radio Ghana said he was impressed with the turn out and the manner and atmosphere in which the examination was conducted, an indication he noted gave a firm indication that the examination was destined to producing appreciable result. He added since the examination began on April, 16 none of the centres in the region have recorded any form of examination malpractice though there were few candidate absenteeism among resitters and pregnancy and other health related cases among some female candidates. Here is an update by correspondent Isaac Asare.
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The Upper East Region this year registered 15,957 candidates comprising 8,507 males with females constituting 7,450. This involves 322 private and public basic schools across the region. The said candidates took part in the government funded mock examination project held on Monday April, 2 to improve the performance of students countrywide. According to the Regional Director of Education for the Upper East Region, Mr. Paul Apanga, administration of this year’s BECE exams has been smooth and transparent owing to the orientation given to heads of schools, supervisors, security agencies and the students in general. This, he said, was evident when he took turns to visit some examination centres to assess the situation on the ground. The impressive turn out of the candidates, he noted, showed the seriousness the students attached to the examination. Most students during the course of his visit were relaxed whilst others were beaming with smile. This, he explained, was because candidates before the exam were told to be confident and bold since questions set for the exam were based on what they have been taught and nothing new or different. To him, the zeal and level of confidence exhibited by the children gave an ample impression that they were prepared to deliver. Given statistical data on the number of candidates that registered to sit for the exams, Bolgatanga Municipality was said to have recorded the highest number of candidates numbering 2,584 followed by Bawku Municipality and the Garu Tempane district, both recording more than 2,000 candidates. The Talensi Nabdam District recorded the lowest of 1,227 candidates with Builsa recording a little above 1,300 candidates. Paga in the Kassena-Nankana West District presented 1,672 candidates whilst Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana East also presented 1,743 candidates. In all the centres visited by the Regional Director of Education, it was realized that about 50 candidates were absent. Touching further on the issue of absenteeism, Mr. Apanga said of all the centres visited 5 female candidates were reported to be pregnant and failed to turn up to write the paper whilst one female candidate from the Garu District was reported dead even before the exams began. Bolgatanga Municipal he disclosed recorded about 17 absentees, the highest in the region. Mr Apanga later told Radio Ghana that there was going to be an improvement in this year’s BECE due to the measures put in place. He noted that the mock exams written and the extra classes organized for the candidates gave them adequate preparation and expressed the hope that they would perform excellently in this year's examination. He was also hopeful that with the support of stakeholders the region is expecting nothing less than 60 percent and 90 in the near future.
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