The West Africa Examinations Council(WAEC) has received GH¢55million from the government of Ghana for the conduct of the 2023 BECE and WASSCE.
This was confirmed by the PRO of WAEC, Winifred Ampiaw. According to her, it will cost around ¢18 million to conduct the 2023 BECE.
Government of Ghana has paid ¢10.5 million out of this amount. The WASSCE will also cost around ¢63.5m of which government has paid ¢40 million.
“I can say that we have received some amount of money that will enable us to conduct the exams, for both WASSCE and BECE. However, there’s a payment plan to pay the rest. So far we have received GH¢10.5 million to be able to conduct BECE, and for WASSCE, we have received GH¢40 million. This amount will enable us to take care of the pre-exams activities and the conduct of the exams itself. We’ve received GH¢55 million in total received, I know for a fact that we have received the money”.
“The payment is for this year’s exams, we are supposed to spend a rough estimate of GH¢18 million for BECE. For WASSCE, the total cost for just the pre and the conduct of the main will take us to GH¢63.5 million. We are left with about GH¢7.5 million. However, I want to assure the public that yes, we are in the position to conduct both exams for this year,” she assured.
The 2023 WASSCE will begin next week. The first paper of the examination will be written on Monday, July 31, 2023.
The last paper will be written on Tuesday, September 26, 2023.
The 2023 BECE begins on August 7 and ends on Friday, August 11, 2023.