Everything you need to know about 2024 BECE (Updated)

The 2024 BECE, which is the final examination for students in basic 9, will be a special examination to be administered by WAEC in July 2024. It is projected that over 500,000 candidates will sit the final examination across the country. In this detailed write up, we discuss the subjects to be administered, the BECE Cut off points for 2024, sample BECE questions and answers among others.

All you need to know about the 2024 BECE

The 2024 BECE will run from Monday, July 8th, to Friday, July 15, 2024. Candidates are to write two subjects each day from Monday to Friday while a final subject which is Arabic will be written on Monday 15th July. Fir the first time WAEC will carry out the BECE in 5 days instead of the usual five days.

The 2024 examination will be the first to be written using the 2019 Common Core Curriculum released by NaCCA for use by the Ghana Education Service.

WAEC has released the final 2024 BECE timetable to schools and candidates. Candidates will write English Language and Religious and Moral Education on Monday 8th July 2024 per the timetable.

The BECE registration is still ongoing, and at phase one, schools are to collect data including names of students, subjects to be written, age, date of birth, disability if any, and the all-important photo album.

The new curriculum includes three new subjects with two of them being created from the previous Basic Design and Technology course. These two new subjects are creative arts and design and career technology. Thus students will write Career Technology and Creative Arts and Design and Arabic at the BECE for the first time.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will become computing during the 2024 BECE due to the vast changes made to the curriculum.

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The 2024 BECE will also see WAEC administer two different sets of BECE questions at the same time. While school candidates from public and private schools will be examined based on the new curriculum, those who sat and failed the 2023 BECE and earlier exams will have their questions set from the old curriculum. However, all students who pass the 2024 BECE will start their senior high education by studying the Basic 10 curriculum in SHS1 for the entire first year.

Sample BECE Questions From NaCCA

NaCCA has released the first set of sample questions for the 2024 BECE to be administered by WAEC based on the Common Core Curriculum.

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• 2024 BECE Integrated Science Sample Questions from GES & NaCCA
• 2024 BECE Mathematics Sample Questions Released
• Download 2024 BECE Sample Questions From GES and MoE

Subjects WAEC will administer during 2024 BECE

In the 2024 BECE, the new Common Core Curriculum will require students to answer practical questions or questions that require the application of knowledge and critical thinking. However, those who will be assessed using the old curriculum will have tested using the direct question approach throughout the examination. In all 11 subjects will be administered by WAEC to BECE candidates.

The new Common Core Curriculum calls for writing in the following subjects:

1. English Language
2. Mathematics
3. Social Studies
4. Religious and Moral Education
5. Integrated Science
6. Computing
7. Creative Art and Design
8. Career Technology.
9. French Language
10. Ghanaian Language
11. Arabic

The subjects to be written by private BECE candidates based on the old curriculum are

1. English Language
2. Mathematics
3. Social Studies
4. Religious and Moral Education
5. Integrated Science
6. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
7. Basic Design and Technology
8. French Language
9. Ghanaian Language or Arabi

While students writing the new Common Core Curriculum exam will write up to 11 subjects, those who are sitting the BECE will have a maximum of 9 subjects. However a school candidate at the BECE in 2024 will not write less than 8 subjects and not more than 10 subjects out of the 11 subjects.

The examination is expected to have the following types of questions:

1. Direct questions (For Private BECE candidates only)
2. Application questions (For School BECE candidates registered by public and private schools 0nly)
3. Questions that demand critical thinking (For School BECE candidates registered by public and private schools 0nly)
4. Logic reasoning (For School BECE candidates registered by public and private schools 0nly)

Fortunately, WAEC and the NaCCA have finally released sample questions for  schools, teachers, students, and parents.

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Due to the possible examination of students application questions, critical thinking or reasoning questions, as well as logic reasoning questions, schools and teachers must also do well to teach their candidates how to answer such questions. This will help improve the question-answering skills of learners ahead of the BECE.

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What is the 2024 BECE grading system?

At the end of marking, WAEC will apply its official grading system to determine what grade ranging from 1 to 9 did a candidate score. Often grades from 1 to 5 are the best if a candidate is to easily gain admission to SHS. However the small er the grade, the better.

Below is the grading system for the 2024 BECE if WAEC does not make any changes. Candidates should aim at scoring higher grades in their examination. 

1. 90-100 is graded as 1. It is the HIGHEST grade in the grading system.
2. 80-89, the second category in this classification is graded as 2, GRADE A. it is denoted as HIGHER.
3. 70-79, is grade 3, a B+ and is described as HIGH.
4. 60 -69 is grade 4, GRADE B, described as HIGH AVERAGE.
5. 55 – 60 is GRADE C+, classified as 5 and described as AVERAGE.
6. LOW AVERAGE is a description of marks falling between 50-54 and GRADE C; number 6 in the grading system.
7. Any mark ranging between 40-49 is considered as GRADE D+ and number 7; described as LOW
8. 35-39 is GRADE E which is number 8, described as LOWER in the Stanine grading system.
9. GRADE F, 9 characterized by 9 is the LOWEST grade, which falls between 0-34

BECE Cut off points for 2024 examination

While the government through the Ministry of Education has taken off the cut off point which used to be aggregate 30, candidates are to note that, there still exist hiding cut off points which can easily prevent them from getting placed in a “good” school. In many instances students are not placed at all.

Some of the BECE Cut off points for 2024 examination are as follows.

1. The grade 9 cut off point which applies to English and Mathematics. Students who obtain grade 9 in one or both subjects will not be placed in any secondary school even if they obtain grade 1 in all their remaining subjects.
2. Each of the three school categories have cut off points in terms of the raw scores used to admit students. Candidates seeking placement into Category A schools must not obtain a raw score less than 390 to be safe. A raw score of not less than 340 is important if one is to be placed in a Category B school.
3. Candidates who choose boarding schools through out may be cut off during placement if there are slots for admission but for day students.

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The above and many scenarios can serve as a BECE Cut off points for candidates preparing toward the BECE. Parents must consider a lot of factors and suggestions from teachers and schools to avoid these BECE Cut off points for 2024.

Source: Ghanaeducationnews.org