BECE candidates failed to sit examination

Twenty-seven out of 1,094 pupils could not turn up to re-sit their Basic Education Certificate Examination at two centres in the Kpeshie Sub-District in the Grater Region, when the examination began on Tuesday.

Fifteen of them did not turn up at Nungua Secondary School out of the registered number of 650 while 12 out of 444 also failed to turn up at the Nungua AMA Two Secondary School.

Mr Sylvester Dziani, Supervisor at Nungua Secondary School told Mr Henry Ofori Awuah, Deputy Director General of Ghana Education Service (GES), who was on an inspection tour that besides the 15, who could not turn up two candidates collapsed just as the examination papers were being distributed but they were revived and were able to write the English Language paper.

Mr Dziani said it was learnt that one of the pupils, who was absent was on admission at the "37" Military Hospital where she was being treated from gas burns and that the papers would be sent to her to enable her to write them.

Mr Emmanuel Obeney, Supervisor at the AMA Two Centre at the Nungua Secondary School, also said three candidates fell sick and that the Circuit Officer, who should have provided First Aid could not do so because he was also invigilating at another centre.

Mr Awuah then gave out 20,000 cedis for first aid drug to be provided to the sick candidates. He expressed satisfaction at the attendance of the re-sitters and at the security at the centres.