The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a directive urging all Regional Directors to ensure that candidates appearing for the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) register for the approved courses.
In a statement dated March 1, 2024, issued by the Acting Director of Schools and Instructions Division, Prince C. Agyemang-Duah on behalf of the Director-General, Ghana Education Service (GES) outlined subjects that are to be registered under mandatory, elective and optional categories.
The seven mandatory subjects are English Language, Mathematics, General Science, Social Studies, Religious and Moral Education, Career Technology and Creative Arts and Design.
"Candidates are supposed to register for the Ghanaian Language they studied" as the elective subject according to the statement.
Optional subjects include French, Arabic and Computing.
Regional Directors of Education have been tasked to communicate the approved subjects to Metro/Municipal/District Directors to ensure compliance.
