{"id":394605,"date":"2017-06-06T16:52:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/nkonya-alavanyo-candidates-write-bece-amidst-heavy-security-myjoyonline-com\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:52:20","slug":"nkonya-alavanyo-candidates-write-bece-amidst-heavy-security-myjoyonline-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/nkonya-alavanyo-candidates-write-bece-amidst-heavy-security-myjoyonline-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Nkonya, Alavanyo candidates write BECE amidst heavy security\n&#8211; MyJoyOnline.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Security has been heightened in Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region as pupils in the two traditional areas joined their colleagues nationwide to commence this year&#8217;s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">The Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, who disclosed this assured of the safety of candidates in both areas, where there has been an emerging security threat following reappraisal attacks leading to the death of six residents this year due to a perceived land conflict.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">He explained that security officers have been deployed to guard the examination centres to prevent anyone from perpetrating any atrocity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">Dr Letsa said these when addressing the media after touring some BECE examination centres in the region together with the Volta Regional Education Director, Mawusi Buadi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6121447804073_5791554067801.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:381px; width:550px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2438051316\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">&#8220;Enough security measures have been put in place for the pupils to write their exams. We were in touch with the military and police commanders this morning and they have assured that the situation is calm&#8221;, he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">He added that the examination centre at Alavanyo Senior High Technical School at Alavanyo Akpene has been changed to Alavanyo Wudidi while the centre at Nkonya Senior High School has been maintained with security presence at both centres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">Dr Letsa, however, advised the candidates to eschew from examination malpractice and challenged them to obtain good grades to make them &#8220;pioneer beneficiaries of government&#8217;s free Senior High School Education policy.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">The Volta Regional Education Director, Mawusi Buadi,\u00a0advised the female candidates not to engage in any form of social vices after the exams which might truncate their education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:.sfuitext\">30,385 candidates from 1173 basic schools are sitting for the BECE across the Volta Region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security has been heightened in Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region as pupils in the two traditional areas joined their colleagues nationwide to commence this year&#8217;s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).\u00a0 The Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, who disclosed this assured of the safety of candidates in both areas, where there has been an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nkonya, Alavanyo candidates write BECE amidst heavy security - MyJoyOnline.com - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/nkonya-alavanyo-candidates-write-bece-amidst-heavy-security-myjoyonline-com\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nkonya, Alavanyo candidates write BECE amidst heavy security - MyJoyOnline.com - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Security has been heightened in Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region as pupils in the two traditional areas joined their colleagues nationwide to commence this year&#8217;s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).\u00a0 The Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, who disclosed this assured of the safety of candidates in both areas, where there has been an [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/6121447804073_5791554067801.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/06\\\/nkonya-alavanyo-candidates-write-bece-amidst-heavy-security-myjoyonline-com\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/06\\\/nkonya-alavanyo-candidates-write-bece-amidst-heavy-security-myjoyonline-com\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Nkonya, Alavanyo candidates write BECE amidst heavy security &#8211; 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