All is set for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) tomorrow.

A total of 603,328 candidates are expected to write the exams across the country, of which 306,078 are females and 297,250 males.

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, made this known during a media briefing in Accra.

Logistics,time table

He said the Service, in collaboration with the West African Examination Council (WEAC), has put in place all the necessary logistics to ensure a successful examination.

He said the timetable and materials had already been distributed to all schools and to the metropolitan and district education offices across the country.

According to the time table, two subjects will be taken in a day, one in the morning at 9:00am and one in the afternoon at 1:00pm

In all, 11 subjects will be examined, and each candidate will take an average of nine subjects, including seven common core courses, which are English Language, Mathematics, Science, Ghanaian Language, Social Studies, Religious and Moral Education, Creative Art and Design, and Career Technology.

Prof Davis said private candidates are expected to take the examinations at Tema, Gambaga and the regional capitals.

Integrity,supervision

To ensure the integrity of the exams, he explained that supervision will be jointly done by GES and WAEC and with the help of some state law enforcement agencies, such as the police.

He called for stakeholder cooperation to ensure examination malpractice was reduced to the barest minimum or eliminated.

Prof. Davis warned invigilators and supervisors to desist from acts that would affect the integrity of the examinations, saying anyone caught would face the law.

“Invigilators and supervisors who are caught aiding examination malpractice will be severely punished, and this might cost them their jobs because we want good role models,” he said.

He commended head teachers, teachers, and parents for preparing the students appropriately for the examination, urging the candidates to put in their best to come out successful.

No cheating

“Do not rely or depend on ‘appor’. We don’t want students to excel through cheating. That is not the quality and the kind of students Ghana needs,” Prof Davis said.

“I know they can make it if they apply themselves to their books and prepare very well for the exams. I wish all of them the best in their examinations” He added.