Three pregnant girls write BECE in Cape Coast
Two pregnant girls from Effutu are among the 3,139 candidates in the Cape Coast Metropolis writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which started on Monday.
Out of the 2,500 candidates writing in five of the seven centres in the Cape Coast Metropolis visited, 12 were absent and inquiries made by the GNA indicated that some of them have travelled out of the country.
The centres visited were the Saint Augustine’s, Adisadel, Mfantsipim, Holy Child and Effitu Senior High Schools.
The other two are Wesley Girls and the University Practice Senior High Schools.
The Adisadel College centre recorded the highest number of absentees, four males and three females out of the 639 candidates from 16 schools.
Mr. Robert Eghan, the Supervisor in charge of the Adisadel centre told the GNA that one female candidate travelled out of the country but had no idea about the others.
At the St Augustine’s centre, there was only one female absentee out of the 430 candidates from nine schools, whilst at Holy Child two of 470 candidates from 13 schools were absent with 25 of them being deaf and dumb from the Cape Coast School for the Deaf.
Mr. Lawrence Owusu Addi said the atmosphere was calm with all the students comporting themselves, adding that, initial problems, including wrongful spelling of names were rectified before the commencement of the English objectives paper.
At the Effutu Senior High Centre, two pregnant girls among the 255 candidates were spotted writing their paper.
Ms. Vivian Etroo, Metropolitan Education Director for Cape Coast told the GNA that the girls were allowed to write the exams to enable them to continue schooling after delivering, if they so wish.
She said the Mfantsipim centre had 540 candidates from 14 schools and Wesley Girls, 377 from 11 schools.
Also at the Aggrey Memorial School centre in the Abura-Asebu Kwamankese (AAK) District, one pregnant girl was spotted writing the exams.
She is among the 482 registered students from 21 schools.
At Saint Ann’s centre at Ntranoa in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality, 325 candidates from 13 schools are participating with only one absentee.
The KEEA Municipal Director of Education, Mr. Gademor Gabriel when contacted said, 1,367 students from 72 schools are writing at eight centres in the Municipality.
All the supervisors at the various centres said there had been no incidents so far as the students have comported themselves. A total of 40,520 candidates are writing the BECE in the Region.
Source: GNA