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BASIC SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A FIRST TERM VACATION LASTING FOR 9 DAYS; THE REASON FOR THIS IS EXPLAINED BELOW.

APPIAH PRINCEMarch 20, 2023

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Were you aware that all public basic schools in Ghana will have a first term vacation of only nine days?

The 2023 academic calendar has been arranged so that the academic year concludes on September 15th, 2023, with the original August/September vacation period for basic schools and SHS being reinstated. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, the academic calendars for all schools, including tertiary institutions, were changed. The Ghana Education Service is working diligently to return to the previous academic calendar. Basic schools will have a brief vacation of just nine days, from Saturday, March 25th, 2023 to Sunday, April 2nd, 2023. The second term will begin on April 3rd, 2023, and continue until June 15th, 2023, with a break from June 16th, 2023, to June 26th, 2023. The third term will begin on June 27th, 2023, and end on September 14th, 2023.

JHS 3 students are advised to prioritize their studies as the BECE approaches. The registration portal for the exam will be open from Monday, March 27th, 2023, until Friday, April 28th, 2023, according to WAEC. Candidates must ensure that their personal information is accurately captured, and that they are registered for the appropriate subjects.

School authorities should register candidates for the appropriate Ghanaian Language and Basic Design Technology options. Candidates with special educational needs will be provided with access arrangements, similar to the WASSCE (SC).

The 2023 BECE will officially begin on Monday, August 7th, 2023, and conclude on Friday, August 11th, 2023. This year’s exams will be administered earlier than in previous years. The West African Examination Council has yet to release an official exam timetable and dates for potential candidates.

Basic schools will go on vacation next week. The date for their reopening has not been announced.

Students following the old curriculum will take their final examination in August 2023 through the BECE. The standard base curriculum will be implemented for the exam from 2024 onwards. As a result, the GES has instructed head teachers not to hold back any students who were in form two at the end of the 2022 academic year, as doing so would put these students at a disadvantage.

Please find an expected timetable for the 2023 BECE.

Please find below an expected timetable for the 2023 BECE, which has been based on the 2022 BECE. The specific dates on which the exam papers will be administered are not available since WAEC has not officially released them.

Monday, 7th August, 2023: 020/2 Social Studies 2 (Essay) – 1 hour – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
020/1 Social Studies 1 (Objective) – 45 minutes – 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
070/2 Information and Communication Technology 2 (Essay) – 1 hour – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 070/1 Information and Communication Technology 1 (Objective) – 45 minutes – 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

On Tuesday, 8th August, 2023, the following papers will be administered:

03o/2 Mathematics 2 (Essay) – 1 hour 15 minutes – 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
03o/1 Mathematics 1 (Objective) – 45 minutes – 10:15 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
053/2-055/2 Basic Design and Technology 2 (Essay) – 1 hour 15 minutes – 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
053/1-055/1 Basic Design and Technology 1 (Objective) – 40 minutes – 2:15 p.m. to 2:55 p.m.

On Wednesday, 9th August, 2023, the following papers will be administered:

001/2 English Language 2 (Essay) – 1 hour – 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
001/1 English Language 1 (Objective) – 1 hour – 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
022/2 Religious and Moral Education 2 (Essay) – 1 hour – 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
022/1 Religious and Moral Education 1 (Objective) – 45 minutes – 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

On Thursday, 10th August, 2023, the 2023 BECE candidates will sit for the following exams based on the expected timetable:

033/2 Integrated Science 2 (Essay) for 1 hour starting from 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.
033/1 Integrated Science 1 (Objective) for 45 minutes starting from 10.00 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.
003/2-0013/2 Ghanaian Language and Culture 2 (Essay) for 45 minutes starting from 1.00 p.m. to 1.45 p.m.
003/1-0013/1 Ghanaian Language and Culture 1 (Objective) for 1 hour starting from 1.45 p.m. to 2.45 p.m.

On Friday, August 11th, 2023, there will be two French 2 exams.

The first is an essay exam, which will last 1 hour and 15 minutes from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
The second exam is an objective exam that will take 45 minutes and start at 10:15 a.m. and end at 11:00 a.m.
We hope that WAEC will provide the final 2023 BECE timetable to GES, schools, and students in the upcoming months.

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