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August 23, 2024
The Minority members on the Educational Committee in Ghana’s Parliament have urgently urged government to release funds to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for the marking of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination to commence.
According to the Ranking member of the Committee Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe the Minority spoke about the payment of registration to enable the West Africa Examination Council to conduct the examination for this year at the time government had to release fifty-five point nine million Ghana cedis as part of over two hundred million that they owe WAEC.
“So, we do not understand why they would say at the launch of their Manifesto that they have paid; if they said they had absorbed that would have been better but they said they have paid”.
Speaking at a press conference, he said “as we speak WAEC has to postpone the marking of the script from this month to September because they do not have the funds to do the coordination and marking which is called post examination activities, they still own WAEC for the BECE”.
“We are demanding that government pays these monies, so that the marking can be organized in time, as a result the school calendar is going to be disrupted. Again those who are supposed to go to Senior High School (SHS) this September 2024 will not be able to go and might go somewhere in December of 2024”.
The Ranking member emphasized that these things should be avoided and drew the attention of the effect double track is having on the school calendar. “We ask that government release money to WAEC as a matter of urgency for the candidates to enter SHS in good time”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com