2024 BECE Seating Arrangements According To WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the seating arrangements for the 2024 BECE candidates.

Each year, WAEC uses specific seating arrangements for candidates. WAEC has its own way of ensuring decency in the sitting arrangements of all candidates in order to prevent cheating.

2025 BECE Seating Arrangements

1. Candidates will sit based on their index numbers. The index numbers are generated using the surname of candidates. Candidates whose surname starts with the letters A or B are usually found at the first row of the exams hall. This varies as some examiners or invigilators do prefer to start the arrangement from the back of the exams hall.

2. The distance between seats will be between 1 meter and 2 meters. This will prevent some candidates from cheating.

3. Candidates will not use the same examination hall to write all papers. Writing elective subjects will require a small number of candidates  and for this reason, the exams hall or the seat one sat on for a core subject paper will not be the same seat for the elective subject paper.

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that 569,095 candidates will take this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which starts on Monday, July 8, 2024. This follows the government’s release of GHC 55,873,689.87 to the Council.

Mr. John K. Kapi, the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC’s National Office, shared this information during a press conference in Accra. He mentioned that the government is also arranging to release the remaining examination fees to the Council. The press conference aimed to update stakeholders and the public about the upcoming BECE for public schools and private candidates.

The candidates will start the exams with English Language on July 8 and finish with Arabic by July 15, 2024. Out of the total number of candidates, 282,648 are males and 286,447 are females, from 19,506 schools. This year’s candidate count represents a 5.29% decrease from the 2023 figure of 600,900.

Mr. Kapi explained that the examination will be conducted in 2,123 locations nationwide, with 2,123 supervisors, 1,889 assistant supervisors, and 19,973 invigilators ensuring the process runs smoothly. School candidates will be tested based on the new Common Core Curriculum, while private candidates will follow the old syllabus.

For private candidates, WAEC registered 1,366 individuals, with 735 males and 631 females. This number is 25.7% lower than the 2023 figure of 1,839. The BECE for private candidates will take place in 15 centers, primarily in regional capitals.

Mr. Kapi also highlighted that WAEC has organized sensitization programs to educate candidates on the examination rules and regulations. Additionally, examination materials such as objective answer cards, answer booklets, and pencils have been distributed to District Education Offices across the country. WAEC has made special provisions for candidates with social educational needs to ensure inclusivity.