2010 B.E.C.E, Subjects and Examination Time Table

Four months to the time Junior High School three (J.H.S. 3) candidates are to write their Basic Education Certificate Examination (B.E.C.E), majority of the students cannot tell for sure which subjects they will write in the 2010 B.E.C.E. which I think is most unfortunate.

When the registration process started in November 2009, officials from W.A.E.C informed proprietors and headmasters of private schools in a meeting that five core subjects {Mathematics, English Language, Integrated Science, I.C.T and Social Studies } would be written and the optional subjects being (BD T, French and Ga). There was uproar during the meeting because of the I.C.T. Most private schools did not have adequate structures and facilities in place to adequately prepare their pupils. I wondered how the public schools would manage to train their pupils to be examinable in five months knowing that majority don’t even have light in their schools. There was total chaos.

Two weeks later after a lot of complaints from parents and teachers in the media about the introduction of I.C.T as a core subject, G.E.S hinted that I.C.T would be replaced by Religious and Moral Studies (RME), thinking that would calm down tempers, it made matter worse.

Sending conflicting signals about the examinable subjects in this year’s B.E.C.E is not the best. The 2010 B.EC.E. would commence on the 19th of April, 2010. Ghana Education Service must come out clear on what subjects the present crops of form three’s are writing. The I.C.T or R.M.E confusion must be sorted out early before things get out of hand.

G.E.S and W.A.E.C must ensure all policies regarding the Junior High School and Senior High School are made known early to all stakeholders to avoid such confusion in future. Presently, some heads of institution cannot tell convincingly whether the present crop of form ones would spend three years or four years in school, I would advise that in order not to be caught with their pants down like some private schools presently, they should prepare their students for three years.

DATE FIRST PAPER SECOND PAPER
19TH APRIL ENGLISH LANGUAGE / R.M.E/I.C.T
20TH APRIL INT. SCIENCE / SOCIAL STUDIES
21ST APRIL MATHEMATICS / BD&T
22ND APRIL FRENCH / GA

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