BECE and WASSCE to be replaced with new examinations

Information making rounds on Social Media indicates that BECE and WASSCE will be replaced with new examinations by the Ministry of Education.

The BECE, for instance, started in 1990 and has been used as the sole examination for assessing and placing Junior High School candidates into Senior Secondary Schools while the WASSCE which is to be replaced with new examinations has been used for admitting SHS graduates into tertiary institutions.

Per the details captured in what looks like an official communication from the managers of Education in Ghana, The BECE when cancelled will be replaced by Placement Examination which will be used to place candidates into SHS1.

Again a new examination, University Entrance Exam, will also replace the WASSCE. In addition, candidates who excel in the University Entrance Exam will be awarded a Diploma certificate.

Per the details in the trending documents, SHS students will not learn an elective subject until they get promoted to SHS 2 and in SHS2, students may choose either Vocational or Technical programmes or High School Diploma Programmes such as Science, Business or Arts.

When candidates get enrolled in SHS1 they will still be considered Basic school students because, under the new education system captured in the document, JSH1 to SHS1 will be known as Basic 7 to Basic 10.

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All students in JHS1-SHS1 shall run a Common Core Programme called CCP which comprises subjects namely Mathematics, and Science. RME (stand-alone subjects), Physical and Health Education (Not examinable) Career Technology, Social Studies, Computing, and Creative Art and Design.

The Ministry of Education is yet to make an official statement on the circulating documents on social media. Ghanaians are however divided on the need to introduce a new education system. While some argue that the new system will help improve on education, others believe Ghana’s education-related issues have to do with the lack of resources for effective teaching and learning and not the education structure.

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Below is a post on the new curriculum

1.  Kindergarten, primary school, JHS, and SHS shall be described as Basic schools. JHS1,2, 3, and SHS1 shall now be referred to as BS7 to 10 respectively. Thus, SHS1 will become basic 10.

2. All students in JHS1-SHS1 shall run a Common Core Programme called CCP which comprises subjects namely Mathematics, and Science. RME (stand-alone subjects), Physical and Health Education (Not examinable) Career Technology, Social Studies, Computing, and Creative Art and Design.

3. A new examination called National Standard Assessment Test (NSAT) shall be conducted at Primary 2,4,6 and JHS2

4. BECE shall be replaced by placement exams at JHS3 to enrol students into SHS1

5. Students in SHS1 shall continue to run the Common Core Programme for one year, thus students in SHS1 shall not select Science, Business or Arts programmes.

6. At the end of SHS1, Students shall write a Common Core Exam into SHS2

7. At SHS2, students will now have to select either a career-related programme which includes Vocational, Technical programmes or High School Diploma Programmes such as Science, Business or Arts.

8. This means Elective subjects shall start in SHS2

9. WASSCE will be replaced by a university entrance examination at SHS3

10. Students after successful completion of SHS3 will be rewarded a Diploma Certificate instead of a WASSCE certificate

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