The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). However, 22,270 scripts in certain subjects are under scrutiny for mass cheating.
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WAEC has stated that results may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of investigations. Additionally, the council has already cancelled the results of 312 school candidates and three private candidates for bringing foreign materials into the examination hall, and the entire results of 41 school candidates and one private candidate for possessing mobile phones in the examination hall.
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The council is also withholding the subject results of 180 school candidates and four private candidates, as well as the entire results of 110 school candidates and two private candidates for various suspected offences.
A total of 600,900 candidates from 18,993 participating schools entered for the school examination, with 3,366 candidates being absent. The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of 1,839 candidates, with 61 being absent. The council cautioned all stakeholders to be wary of fraudsters promising to upgrade results for a fee and noted that results can be authenticated.
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The 2023 BECE candidates were the last batch of final-year junior high school students to be taken through the Objective Based Curriculum. The current batch of form three JHS students who are undertaking the Standard Based Curriculum would be the first batch to write the BECE with the curriculum in July next year.
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In January this year, the Ghana Education Service (GES) directed heads of basic schools not to repeat any student from last year's JHS 2 from going to JHS 3. The letter noted that the then JHS 3 students (those that completed this year) were the last batch of the Objective-Based Curriculum who will write the BECE this year (2023), and the JHS 2 students (now in form three) were the first batch who will write BECE in 2024 using the Standard-Based Curriculum. The standards-based curriculum is a curriculum system implemented by many developed countries across the world.
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