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WASSCE 2024 Registration: GES Cautions Parents Against Paying GH¢465 Fee For Wards Under Free SHS
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WASSCE 2024 Registration: GES Cautions Parents Against Paying GH¢465 Fee For Wards Under Free SHS

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • The Ghana Education Service cautioned parents of wards in public Senior High School students not to pay the WASSCE registration fee
  • The Ghana Education Service stressed that the Free Senior High School policy covers this fee
  • The Director-General of the service gave the caution at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, April 2, 2024

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The Ghana Education Service cautioned parents of wards in public Senior High School students not to pay the GH¢465 registration fee for the 2024 WASSCE.

The service has stressed that this fee is covered by the Free Senior High School policy.

GES speaks on WASSCE registration fees and free shs
Dr Eric Nkansah, the Director-General of the service. Source: Ghana Education Service/Facebook
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Dr Eric Nkansah, the Director-General of the service, cautioned the public at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, April 2, 2024.

"All students with our government secondary schools under the Free SHS programme are not required to pay that 465 because that money is already absorbed by the Free SHS programme.”

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Nkansah also stressed that no student should be asked to cut their vacation short to complete registration for the WASSCE.

The portal for registration was opened on Monday, March 11, 2024, and will be closed on Friday, April 19, 2024.

The BECE for School and Private Candidates, 2024, will be administered from Monday, 8th to Friday, July 12, 2024.

The new timetable for the WASSCE is an update on the previously announced schedule of July 1 to August 31, 2024.

The new WASSCE dates were communicated to regional education directors in a March 12, 2024, circular.

The Ghana Education Service recently released the list of approved subjects for the upcoming BECE.

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The 2024 WASSCE for school candidates will now be written from August 5 to September 27, 2024.

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The 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is scheduled for July 8 to July 12, 2024.

The Ghana Education Service released a circular to district heads of education outlining the new dates.

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Ghana swept all awards at the WAEC meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on March 19, 2024.

Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi Marton bagged the topmost award for his performance in the 2023 WASSCE.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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