A female candidate in a wheelchair who went to her Examination Centre at the Mfantsipim School to write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) had to be carried upstairs by her male colleagues.
The GNA observed that the female candidate (name withheld) had difficulty accessing her exam room because the centre for all nine schools was on the top floor of a one-storey building.
The students were assembled and duly oriented at 0840 hours and by 0900 hours, they were all seated and ready for the paper.
However, 25 minutes into the expected start of the first paper, English Language, the exam materials had not arrived at the Mfantsipim School centre.
The atmosphere was calm and silent as the students and invigilators alike patiently waited until it the exam papers arrived around 0930hrs for the exam to start at 0940hrs
Mr Louis Baffoe, the Centre’s Supervisor, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the delay was expected because the centre was usually the last to be served.
Mr Baffoe noted that the centre was hosting 275 candidates, comprising 126 girls and 149 boys from nine schools in Cape Coast.
The schools are Rev Alec Jones JHS, Adventist JHS, Catholic Jubilee JHS, Mfantsipim Basic JHS, Divine Preparatory JHS, Delaquise Little saints JHS Nkafoa Catholic JHS, Morning Star JHS and Dunwell Methodist JHS.
At Adisadel Centre A and B, a total of 602 students, including 275 males from 13 schools are writing the examination which started at exactly 0900hrs.
The candidates were quietly focusing on their work.
Two security personnel were present monitoring to ensure a smooth process.
The 25 invigilators assigned by the Ghana Education Service were positioned at vantage points to supervise the exams at the centres.
There was only one absentee and no case of pregnancy among the students.
Mr Anthony Abban Obeng, the Supervisor at the Centre, told the GNA that the process had been smooth and there were no challenges so far.
GNA
AT/CA
July 8, 2024.
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