{"id":51035,"date":"2022-10-13T22:18:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T22:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=51035"},"modified":"2022-10-13T22:18:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T22:18:50","slug":"552276-pupils-to-write-2022-bece-waec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=51035","title":{"rendered":"552,276 pupils to write 2022 BECE \u2013 WAEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Accra, Oct. 13, GNA- A total of 552, 276 candidates from 18,501 schools will on Monday, October 17, start this year\u2019s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement issued by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Accra on Thursday said this year\u2019s examination would be run for both school and private candidates at 2,023 centres throughout the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said, \u201cthe entry figure is made up of 276,988 males and 275,288 females. 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