The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results for the 2019 examinations, were received by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education on Friday 18 October – 12 days earlier than in 2018. Analyses of the results have been carried out and I am pleased to announce as follows:
One hundred and ten thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two (110,772) candidates made up of 55,557 males and 55,215 females from 892 junior secondary schools entered for the 2019 BECE. A total of 110,406 candidates, consisting of 55,383 males and 55,023 females, sat sufficient numbers of subjects to be awarded aggregate scores ranging from 6 to 42 and to stand a chance of passing for the next level of schooling. This contrasts with the numbers for BECE 2018 when a total of 90,430 (45,260 males and 45,170 females) entered and 89,996 candidates, consisting of 45,063 males and 44,933 females from 826 schools sat sufficient numbers of subjects to be awarded aggregate scores ranging from 6 to 42.
187 candidates (100 males and 87 females) were absent for all subjects – Code 99. Whilst 179 candidates (74 males and 105 females) sat an insufficient number of subjects (Code 88) to be awarded an aggregate score.