The Ghana Education Service (GES), has begun talks with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE), to be scheduled for September/October this year.
It also recommended that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) should also take place in November 2021.
According to the Director-General of GES, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the dates will allow students to adequately prepare for the exit examinations.
Addressing the media on measures put in pace for the reopening of schools as announced by President, Akufo-Addo, Prof. Opoku-Amankwa stated that in drawing up the all-year-round calendar, management of GES took into consideration the contact hours especially for those who will be writing examinations and per their calculation, the period that they stayed home till the period that they will be writing the examinations will be about 1,701 hours.
