WAEC postpones 2024 BECE for School and Private scripts marking
The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the marking of BECE for School and Private scripts of prospective candidates who sat for the 2024 edition of the national examination.
The 2024 BECE scripts marking scheduled to commence in August 2024, a Ranking Member on Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe says has been postponed by the Council to September this year.
The delay in the marking of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) scripts, the government official said is because the government has not released ease funds to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to enable them to begin the process.
“The delay in marking has resulted in the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) postponing the marking of scripts from this month to September, which will disrupt the school calendar,” Peter Nortsu-Kotoe told the media.
Relatedly, the management of the not-for-profit-making organization (WAEC) has said it will commence marking of the 34th edition of the BECE for School and Private scripts only if the central government pays an outstanding debt.
The Head of WAEC Public Affairs, John Kapi in an interview said his outfit amid the 2024 WASSCE slated for August will not begin marking the 2024 BECE scripts on the usual period adding that payment of the debt will fastrack the process.
“The next stage is for us to do the marking and what we are going to do is invite examiners from across the country for national preliminary coordination where they come and sit down as experts and relook at the marking scheme,” he said.
After various examiners’ meetings, the spokesman for the West African Examinations Council said the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) scripts will be swapped across the country for the marking to commence.
A total of 569,095 candidates representing 282,648 males and 286,447 females from 19,506 private and public Junior High Schools participated in the BECE for School which commenced on Monday, July 8, and ended on Monday, July 15, 2024.
Regarding BECE for Private Candidates, about 1,366 candidates, comprising 735 males and 631 females participated in the examination. fifteen (15) centres, mainly in the regional capitals were used during the private examination.
A total of 2,123 supervisors, 1,889 assistant supervisors and 19,973 invigilators were tasked by the West African Examinations Council to ensure the smooth conduct of the BECE for School held in 2,123 centres nationwide.
