Menu

New Juaben registers pupils for BECE

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 Source: GNA

Koforidua, Feb 8, GNA - The New Juaben Municipality

Education Service has registered 2,753 pupils to write the Basic

Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) which is slated for

April. In all, 83 schools, out of which 55 are public ones and the

remaining 28 being private, will see a total of 1,379 boys and 1,374

girls taking part in the BECE in April. The Municipal Director of Education, Mr Augustus Nii Lante

Cleland, told the GNA that to ensure that the pupils were well

prepared, for the examination, they had joined 48 other districts to

undertake a District Mock Examination which began on February

07 and would end on February 11. He said this was to test the pupils' capability and to give them

confidence. The pupils will write the examination in English Language,

Social Studies, Integrated Science, Mathematics and Basic Design

and Technology. The other subjects included, Religious and Moral Education,

Ghanaian Language, French (optional) and Information and

Communication Technology. Mr Cleland advised all pupils to be serious with their books,

especially as they prepare for their papers and also urged them to

avoid examination malpractices.

Source: GNA