{"id":326051,"date":"2017-06-07T06:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T06:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=326051"},"modified":"2017-06-07T06:35:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T06:35:51","slug":"allow-stranded-bunkpurugu-bece-candidates-to-resit-soon-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/allow-stranded-bunkpurugu-bece-candidates-to-resit-soon-activist\/","title":{"rendered":"Allow ‘stranded’ Bunkpurugu BECE candidates to resit soon – Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"
A child’s rights activist, Bright Appiah, has called on the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to be flexible enough to allow the Basic\u00a0Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in Bunkpurugu, who were not able to sit for their first two papers, to do so at a more immediate time.<\/p>\n
The activist argued to Citi News<\/strong> that “in all matters, the law provides that we look for the best interest of children\u2026 WAEC is no exception to that.\u201d<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”T5CqOjojk0qiv82RwiW1DqnxFQ66MrDI”]Over 200 BECE candidates from two communities in the District were unable to sit for the English and Religious and Moral Education papers taken on Monday, due to a change in their examination centres.<\/p>\n