Mr Kofi Asare, the Executive Director of education think tank – Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) says the provisional BECE results of Junior High School students who sat for the national examination will be ready in two weeks time.
In an interview with Daily Graphic, he said the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) after two weeks will release the 2023 BECE results for subsequent computer placement of the candidates into their preferred second cycle school.
Commenting on the 2023/2024 Senior High School (SHS) academic calendar released by the Ghana Education Service (GES), Kofi Asare said the second cycle school calendar would require a lot of explanation for parents to understand.
For instance, he said, it was not proper for those who would be going to Form Two under the transitional calendar to report to school on March 8, 2024, when Form One students under the single-track calendar would have started their academic year today, November 1, 2023.
“So they (Form Two students under the transition calendar) would start their academic year in March next year, while those in the single track are starting theirs next month,” the Africa Education Watch Executive Director said.
In the case of Form One students reporting to school in December, he said that was possible since the BECE results would be ready in two weeks, after which they would be released and the students placed in their schools of choice.
