The ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination has been hit with a shocking anomaly concerning the demise of a Candidate at the Ashaiman Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.
The candidate is reported to have died few hours to the examination that commenced nationwide on Monday, June 4, 2018.
The cause of the death has not been immediately confirmed, though reports suggested, the Candidate fell sick before the Exams.
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Meanwhile, some sixteen others out of the 3,664 candidates who registered to participate in this year’s BECE also failed to turn up at the same Municipality.
Out of the total number of 3,664 candidates comprising students from 17 public and 124 private schools, 1,698 are boys while 1,966 are girls.
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The Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive Mr Albert Boakye Okyere, the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Hon. Henry Ernest Norgbey, as well as the Ashaiman Municipal Director of the Ghana Education Service, Rev. Mrs Orleans Madjitey, visited some of the Examination centers to interaction with the candidates.
Mr Albert Okyere advised the candidates to eschew exam malpractices in order not to soil the image of Municipality.
Source :EducationGhana.net