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The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has started talks with the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for the West African Secondary Certificate Examination 2021 (WASSCE) to be rescheduled for September / October.
It also recommended that the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Exam (BECE) be held in November.
The general director of GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, said that the proposal is to allow students to prepare properly for the exams.
“According to our arrangements, we expect the next exams to be written in September / October, and we have already started discussions with WAEC on that,” he said at a press conference in Accra on Monday, January 4.
He added that “We needed to anticipate the correction and publication of the test results and the reopening, so if we decide in October / November, it will be difficult for WAEC to publish the tests well in advance for admissions to take place in January.”
“So based on our calculation, we have proposed September / October, and we note that when we used these dates, we would have covered 1,700 hours and we will only have a one-hour contact period that we can always compensate for.” added.
Professor Opoku Amankwa also expressed optimism that exit exam times would return to their normal dates for 2023.
“Looking ahead, WASSCE will take place in July / August and BECE in September for 2022. In 2023, WASSCE will return to our normal date which is May / June and then BECE will do the same,” he said.
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