{"id":466048,"date":"2018-02-20T20:51:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/over-500000-candidates-expected-to-write-2018-bece\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T20:51:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:51:31","slug":"over-500000-candidates-expected-to-write-2018-bece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/over-500000-candidates-expected-to-write-2018-bece\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 500,000 candidates expected to write 2018 BECE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>radiogold905.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/61729512.295.jpg\" alt=\"BECE3 Candidates\" title=\"BECE3 Candidates\" width=\"295\" height=\"168\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The BECE  would be conducted at 1,768 centers across the country<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519159891_994_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A total of 509,737 candidates would be partaking in this year\u2019s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), reveals the West African Examination Council (WAEC).<\/p>\n<p>According to WAEC the candidates are from 16,058 schools.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the Acting Head of Test of Administration Division at WAEC, Jemima Vanderpuye says the Council is still receiving applications, she maintains any new addition would not be significant.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed that the Council would conduct the BECE at 1,768 centers.<\/p>\n<p>She further announced that 316, 980 students have registered for this year\u2019s WASSCE adding the candidates are from 946 schools.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Head of the National Office of WAEC, Very Rev. Sam Nii Nmai Ollenu has announced that this year\u2019s WASSCE would start on April 3 instead of February.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Ollenu said the decision was taken after the Council managed to reduce the examination processing time from 90 days to 67 days noting that the decision took into consideration an appeal from government.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 24 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: radiogold905.com 2018-02-20 The BECE would be conducted at 1,768 centers across the country A total of 509,737 candidates would be partaking in this year\u2019s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), reveals the West African Examination Council (WAEC). According to WAEC the candidates are from 16,058 schools. 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