Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister on Monday warned basic school heads and teachers to avoid the temptation of assisting or aiding candiates writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the region, saying offenders would be prosecuted.

She emphasized examination malpractices were serious offence under the Ghana Education Service protocols punishable by law, saying any teacher or school head caught in attempt to assist the candiates to answer examination questions would not be prosecuted.

Mad Owusu-Banahene said it was also an offence for parents to visit the examination centers and asked security agencies engaged to ensure law and order at the various centers not to allow such practice for the student to have enough concentration and do independent work.

Nonetheless, the Regional Minister entreated invigilators and examination supervisors to refrain from attitudes and behaviours that would scare the candidates as they wrote the examination.

Mad Owusu-Banahene gave the warning when he visited some examination centers in the Sunyani Municipality to inspire the candidates, and advised the candiates not to panic, saying they were being tested on what they had already learned in school.

She told the candidates to revise their notes and take the BECE seriously because the examination would determine the success of their academic career.

"The BECE remains crucial to determine your academic success and life career" she stated and advised them to refrain from hiding foreign materials and sending them to the examination centers, saying such behaviour would lead to the cancelation of the papers or results and thereby truncate their education.

Mad Owusu-Banahene told the candiates the government and their parents and wards were proud of them, and encouraged them to work hard and pass their exams well to enable them to benefit from the free Senior High School programme.

She praised the candidates and inspired them to have confidence in themselves in answering the examination questions.

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