BECE CANDIDATE DIES AFTER COMPLAINING OF STOMACH ACHE

One female student writing the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is dead.
The student, identified as Helena Dumor died this morning at the Atebubu Hospital where she was admitted after complaining of a stomach ache whiles writing the Science Paper yesterday.
The cause of death is not yet known.

Meanwhile the Western Regional Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo says 11 students in the region failed to write the ongoing BECE.
Eight out of the 11students were reported to be sick while two of the students were reported to be at the border town in Cote d’Ivoire.
Mr. Evans Aidoo made this known when he toured some of the BECE centres in the region.

In a related development, the Deputy Registrar of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr. Kwaku Anane has cautioned students to desist from examination malpractices because it can jeopardize their future.
He says so far, there has not been any incident of exams malpractice and WAEC hopes that it will remain so till the end of the exams.

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