Over 600,000 Students Begin 2025 BECE Today
More girls than boys registered; WAEC announces final use of old syllabus for private candidates
- 603,328 candidates are sitting for the 2025 BECE, a 5.99% increase from last year
- 1,661 private candidates registered, up 19.49% from 2024
- This is the last BECE under the old syllabus for private candidates
The 2025 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) officially kicks off today, Wednesday, June 11, and will continue through Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that 603,328 candidates have enrolled for this year’s exams.
This includes 297,250 boys and 306,078 girls, representing students from 20,395 schools across Ghana.
This year’s turnout shows a 5.99% increase from the 569,236 candidates who sat for the BECE in 2024.
Additionally, 1,661 private candidates—858 males and 803 females—are set to take part, marking a 19.49% rise from last year’s private candidate number of 1,390.
The exams will be administered at 2,237 centres across the country, with 14 extra centres—mostly in regional capitals—allocated for private candidates.
WAEC also disclosed that this will be the final year that private candidates will write the BECE based on the old syllabus.
