{"id":301930,"date":"2017-03-15T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301930"},"modified":"2017-03-15T14:29:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:29:29","slug":"govt-to-convert-bece-into-placement-exam-opoku-prempeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/govt-to-convert-bece-into-placement-exam-opoku-prempeh\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t to convert BECE into placement exam &#8211; Opoku Prempeh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Education Mathew Opoku Prempeh has revealed government\u2019s intent to convert the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into a placement exam for Senior High Schools.<\/p>\n<p>The BECE is a requirement for entry into the secondary educational level but the Minister said this left over 120,000 students failing to progress because of the limited accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;yj0ykEeBggHPE0x1JLBCCvAXDsSt4QRl&#8221;]The vision converting the BECE to a placement exam will be realised with the expansion of the\u00a0capacity of technical and vocational education,\u00a0Dr. Opoku Prempeh explained.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press soiree on Tuesday evening, he said \u201cthat is why the President talks about expanding the technical and vocational area so we can accommodate everybody. When we finish and we are able to accommodate everybody we will change the BECE from an exit exam to a placement exam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funds ready to settle teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Government has also secured money to pay the two-year outstanding allowances for teachers.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 74,000 teachers awaiting validation from the Controller and Accountant General&#8217;s department and the Dr. Opoku Prempeh called on them to cooperate with government\u00a0as it endeavoured to fulfil its promise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have made plans; we have secured the money to pay the allowances that have been outstanding for teachers over the last two years&#8230; I am sure after validation, we will bring them on board and pay them as and when the validation finishes so we expect cooperation. 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