{"id":391394,"date":"2017-05-20T12:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/468053-candidates-to-write-this-years-bece\/"},"modified":"2017-05-20T12:26:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:26:38","slug":"468053-candidates-to-write-this-years-bece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/468053-candidates-to-write-this-years-bece\/","title":{"rendered":"468,053 candidates to write this year\u2019s BECE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A total of 468,053 candidates, consisting of 241,148 males and 226,905 females will write this year\u2019s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>There will also be 16,410 ingilators, 1,702 supervisors and 1,548 assistant supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>This year\u2019s BECE will be written by candidates from 15,185 public and private schools from June 5 to 9 at 1,702 centres. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Statistics from WAEC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to statistics made available to the Daily Graphic by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the Ashanti Region will again present the highest number of 93,570 candidates, made up of 47,702 males and 45,868 females.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Accra Region follows with 85,041 candidates\u201441,022 males and 44,019 females, while the Central Region, which has some of the popular senior high schools in the country, is presenting the third highest number of 50,106 candidates made up of 25,934 males and 24,172 females. <\/p>\n<p>The Western Region would present 47,467 candidates, 24,779 males and 22,688 females. 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