By Benjamin Akoto
Fiapre, (Bono), April 15, GNA – Madam Millicent Yeboah Amankwah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani West in the Bono Region, has urged candidates preparing for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to remain confident and studious to excel in the examination.
She emphasised that with focus and discipline they could write and pass the BECE, expected to commence in May, explaining that personal commitment and determination remained key to academic success and not the prestige of a school.
Madam Amankwah gave the advice when she interacted with the 2026 BECE candidates at the “Meet Your Candidate” engagement organised by the Fiapre Circuit of the Sunyani West Municipal Directorate of Education at Fiapre.
The more than 2,000 candidates in the Municipality were guided on preparation strategies before, during and after the BECE.
Madam Amankwah encouraged the candidates to trust their abilities, set clear goals, and remain studious and pass the BECE to progress to achieve high academic goals.
Mr Issa Baffoe, the Sunyani West Municipal Director of Education, explained that the engagement was introduced to reduce anxiety of especially candidates writing a national examination for the first time.
He said the event also provided counselling, study guidance and orientation on examination rules for candidates and families.
Mr Baffoe explained that the guidance and counselling coordinators of the directorate engaged the candidates on managing examination pressures, while supervisors briefed families on the need to support the education of their children and wards.
Mr Baffoe said the candidates were often taken through study techniques like developing personal timetables, engaging in group studies as well as reading examination questions carefully before answering, and revising their notes using the approved syllabus.
He warned the candidates against the temptation of engaging in examination malpractices which remained an offence.
Mr Baffoe said the candidates, teachers and families had already been sensitized on the code of conduct governing the BECE.
“The GES has strict sanctions, including withdrawal of teaching license of any teacher found engaging in malpractice,” he stated, warning that any offending teacher risked losing his or her license.
Mr Baffoe encouraged the candidates not to panic, saying that they were just going to answer questions they had already been taught in school, urging them to remain calm and remain studious and comply with the examination regulations.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/Lydia Kukua Asamoah
