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Greater Accra Regional STEM Coordinator sends goodwill message to BECE candidates

The Greater Accra Regional STEM Coordinator, Ms. Bertha Buah, has extended a goodwill message to all candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate...

Two BECE candidates sit for exams despite motor accident in Nkwanta South

Two Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the Nkwanta South Municipality have been involved in a motorbike accident while travelling to their examination...

2026 BECE: Four candidates caught for alleged cheating at Accra Girls’ SHS

Four candidates sitting the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at Accra Girls’ Senior High School (SHS) have been caught for alleged examination malpractice. The...

Africa’s time, Africa’s terms:Accra to host global dialogue on digital learning and sovereignty

In a world marked by rapid technological change, shifting global alliances and growing competition for markets, resources and influence, Africa is facing a defining...

Education Ministry warns against BECE malpractice after 7 cases recorded on Day One

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has reiterated a strong warning to all stakeholders in the ongoing 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to...

GNAT condemns alleged military assault on teachers in Adiewoso

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has strongly condemned what it describes as a “barbaric and inhumane” assault on teachers by military personnel...

Monitoring visits or disturbances: The hidden cost of interruptions during BECE

There is a quiet rhythm to every examination hall. Pens move. Minds stretch. Silence carries the weight of ambition. In that moment, every second...

SHS selection: 2026 BECE candidates to pick 2 category A schools

Candidates writing this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will be required to choose two Category 'A' senior high schools, one with boarding houses...

Rent Control Department to storm universities over exorbitant hostels fees

The Rent Control Department has announced a nationwide compliance exercise targeting hostel operators across Ghana’s tertiary institutions, following growing concerns over alleged exploitative pricing,...

Hostel fees are choking students – NUGS raises concern amidst demand for urgent action

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) is calling for urgent action to curb what it describes as rising and exploitative hostel fees that...

GNECC lauds WAEC, GES over action against exam malpractice

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has commended the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for their recent...

Ga Mantse supports BECE candidates in Accra with mathematical sets

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has donated 3,000 mathematical sets to Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in Accra to support...

Manuel Life Foundation distributes over 1,500 examination materials to BECE candidates in Nkoranza South District

The Manuel Life Foundation has distributed more than 1,500 pens, rulers, and other educational materials to candidates writing the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination...

GES receives over 500 complaints after first day of 2026 BECE

The Ghana Education Service (Ghana Education Service) says it has received about 500 anonymous complaints following the first day of the 2026 Basic Education...

Seven teachers arrested over BECE infractions

Seven teachers have been arrested for various examination infractions in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has...

Asutifi North targets zero exam malpractice in BECE – DCE

The District Chief Executive for Asutifi North in the Ahafo Region, Hafiz Dauda, says he is confident the district will record zero cases of...

Two BECE candidates killed in motor crash in Upper West

Two Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates have died following a road crash in the Upper West Region. The deceased, identified as Taufii Ibrahim and...

This is cruelty – Lecturer fumes over BECE candidates writing 10 papers in five days

A lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School and governance analyst, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, has described the current structure of the Basic Education...

Stay focused and avoid excessive celebration – Volta Minister urges BECE candidates

The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, has advised candidates sitting for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to remain disciplined after completing their...

Ho Central Education Director urges calm among 2026 BECE candidates

The Ho Central Municipal Director of Education, Esther Yeboah Adzimah, has encouraged candidates sitting for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination to remain confident...

Nkwanta South BECE candidates lament limited study time amid conflict

Some candidates sitting for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Nkwanta South have raised concerns over inadequate learning time, attributing it to the...

OMJ Foundation boosts BECE prospects in Akuapem South with a transformative intervention project

In a bold and timely response to declining academic performance in the Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana, the OMJ Foundation...

2026 BECE: Education Minister calls for review of exam paper transportation after Sefwi Wiawso delay

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has called for immediate reforms within the Ghana Education Service (GES) after question papers arrived late at Boako...

Visually impaired BECE candidates in Effutu lament lack of special exam materials

Visually impaired candidates writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region have expressed frustration after the West...

Nkwanta South MCE urges BECE candidates to avoid exam malpractice

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Nkwanta South in the Oti Region, Joseph Awal Antwi, has advised candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education...

‘Approach exams with confidence and honesty’ – Veep charges BECE candidates

The Vice President of Ghana, Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has extended her best wishes to all candidates sitting for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination...

2026 BECE: Lecturer sends SoS message to teachers, invigilators

As the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) begins nationwide, University of Ghana lecturer Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah has issued a strong warning to teachers and...

Eight teachers convicted over BECE malpractice as Education Minister warns candidates

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed that eight teachers and invigilators have been convicted and sentenced for their involvement in examination malpractice...

Lecturer sends important message to parents, guardians as 2026 BECE takes off

Governance analyst and lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, is urging parents and guardians to play an active role in preparing...

Education minister tours BECE centres in Sefwi

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has begun a monitoring tour of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Sefwi area of the...

2026 BECE: Candidates stranded over road blockade at Nyanikrom

Some Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates at Nyanikrom in the Shama District of the Western Region were on Monday morning left stranded after...

Health professionals raise concern over rising non-communicable diseases in Ashanti Region

A Deputy Principal Biomedical Scientist at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr. Rashid Nkatiah, has raised serious concerns over the growing burden of non-communicable diseases...

BECE candidates urged to shun cheating as Aduwamase Old Students donate to school

Candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been urged to shun examination malpractice and approach the papers with confidence. The call...

Education Minister sends goodwill message to 2026 BECE candidates

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has extended his best wishes to candidates across the country ahead of the start of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate...

2026 BECE begins today

The 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is set to begin nationwide today, May 4, and will run until Monday, May 11, 2026. According to...

Oti Regional Education Director calls on stakeholders to help fight exam malpractice

The Acting Regional Education Director for the Oti Region, Irene Jacquelinda Attabra, has called on all stakeholders to join forces with the Ghana Education...

Kwakyekrom residents demand completion of GETFund classroom project abandoned for 6 years

Residents of Kwakyekrom in the Asawam-Addoagyere Municipality of the Eastern Region are calling for the urgent completion of a six-unit classroom block that has...

GES bars officials linked to malpractice ahead of 2026 BECE

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has barred all teachers and invigilators linked to malpractice during the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from taking...

Ho Central MP distributes 3,500 mathematical sets to BECE candidates

The Member of Parliament for Ho Central Constituency, Edem Kofi Kpotosu, has donated 3,500 mathematical sets to 3,232 candidates in the Ho Municipality ahead...

GES holds sensitisation meeting on exam malpractice in Ahafo Region

The Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Ahafo Region has organised a stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting to tackle examination malpractice, which remains a major concern...