Mr. John Ansu Kumi, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive has urged candidates writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination not to panic, but rather tackle their papers with confidence.

During a visit to some of the examination centers in the Municipality, he told the candidates they were being examined on what they had already been taught and learnt in schools, and asked them to remain bold.

Mr. Kumi said the BECE remained an index to measure their academic performance and also to determine whether they could further their education, and entreated candidates to be studious and pass well to benefit from the Free Senior (FSHS).

He also advised the candidates to do independent work and desist from examination malpractices that could contribute to the cancellation of their papers and truncate their education.

Meanwhile, a total of 22,208 candidates are writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Bono Region, Mr. Luke Mensah, the Public Relations Officer at the Bono Regional Directorate of Education has said.

The candidates comprise 11,085 boys and 11,123 girls, he told Journalists in an interview in Sunyani, saying the candidates were writing in 80 centers spread across the region.

Mr. Mensah said the directorate had put in place measures to control examination malpractices, and asked the candidates to refrain from sending foreign materials into the examination hall.

He said cheating and other forms of examination malpractices remained serious offences that could lead to the cancellation of results, and cautioned the candidates against the practice.

Source: Sompaonline.com/98.9FM/K. Peprah