The
West
African
Examinations
Council
(WAEC)
has
confirmed
its
readiness
to
administer
the
2024
Basic
Education
Certificate
Examination
(BECE),
despite
the
government’s
outstanding
debts.
The
BECE
for
this
year
is
slated
from
Monday,
July
8
to
July
15,
and
will
be
conducted
across
all
examination
centres
in
the
country.
Despite
apprehension
expressed
by
stakeholders
about
the
Council’s
ability
to
conduct
the
2024
BECE
due
to
the
unpaid
debt,
WAEC
reassured
during
a
press
conference
in
Accra
on
Friday
that
it
is
prepared
to
administer
examinations
for
569,095
candidates
from
19,506
schools.
John
Kapi,
the
Head
of
Public
Affairs
at
WAEC,
clarified
in
a
Citi
News
interview
that
the
government
had
paid
GH55.8
million
of
the
total
amounts
owed
as
of
Thursday,
July
4,
which
is
sufficient
to
conduct
the
examination.
“We
can
assure
everybody
that
on
the
4th
of
July,
we
had
begun
to
dispatch
our
staff
to
the
various,
examination
centres
where
they
are
going
to
keep
depot
and
also
to
organise
examination.
So,
yes,
we
are
giving
the
assurance
that
the
exams
will
come
on
as
planned.
“So
far,
we
received
about
55,
800,
000
from
the
government,
and
that
is
adequate
for
us
to
be
able
to,
conduct
the
examination
successfully.
For
now,
whatever
we
received
is,
with
regards
to
BECE.”
“…So,
certainly,
we
have
enough
funds
for
us
to
be
able
to
conduct
the
examination.
And
as
I
indicated
earlier,
plans
are
far
advanced
for
the
release
of,
you
know,
more
funds
to
enable
us,
you
know,
go
through
the
process
and,
you
know,
release
the
results,”
he
stated.
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