BECE Candidate Sends Emotional Message to Examiner After Writing Math: “Have Mercy on Me”
- A student writing the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) shared her thoughts after their math paper
- Anita Ocansey sent a passionate message to the examiner who would mark her paper and begged for mercy
- Ghanaians on social media who watched the video thronged the comment section to share their varied thoughts and wish her well
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A student sitting for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has sent a passionate appeal to the examiner who will mark her math answer sheet.
The BECE candidate who gave her name as Anita Ocansey said that the math questions were difficult, so she could not answer to her desire.
Source: Facebook
In a Facebook video, Anita Ocansey said she was able to answer questions on the frequency table.
The BECE candidate indicated that, considering the questions she was able to answer, she would score an aggregate three for the math.
"The frequency table and the Venn diagram. I completed the frequency table despite some of the questions being difficult. But I tried my best. I will get about 58 over 100. I will get grade three. Maybe the examiner who will mark my paper can have mercy on me."
"Examiner, my name is Ocansey Anita. I beg you, if you see my paper, have mercy on me because the maths killed me, well, well," she added.
BECE 2026
The total number of students writing the 2026 BECE is 619, 985. The region presenting the most candidates is the Ashanti region, with 124, 905 students, followed by the Greater Accra Region with 114, 243.
Central, Eastern and Western regions follow with 69, 496, 56, 700 and 45, 457 candidates respectively.
Meanwhile, the Northern region presented 37,308 students, and the Volta region registered 30, 055 candidates. In the Bono region, 24, 984 candidates were registered, and the Upper East fielded 22,449 students.
The Bono East, Western North, Upper West and Ahafo regions registered 20, 897, 17, 372, 14, 928 and 12, 578 candidates respectively.
The four regions with the lowest number of candidates are Oti with 12, 401 students, North-East with 10, 033 candidates, and Savannah with 6, 989 students.
The 2026 BECE is scheduled to run for one week, from Monday, 4th May 2026, to Monday, 11th May 2026.
Watch the Facebook video below:
BECE candidate's plea stirs reactions
YEN.com.gh collated some reactions to the video shared by @Dek360ghana25 on Facebook. Read them below:
Kwaku Chainz said:
"The way she's talking, she go fail 😹😹😹😹."
James K Baah wrote:
"Question 1 was very simple, prime numbers between 2 and 11."
Joseph Bonah said:
"Is she from Naija or what?"
George Appiah wrote:
"Is she talking about the 2026 BECE? No Venn diagram."
Charles Kwabena Bukari said:
"Hmmmmm."
Source: Getty Images
Two BECE candidates reported dead
In a related development, YEN.com.gh also reported that two BECE candidates have reportedly died.
A report by Joy News disclosed that the students died in a crash in the Upper West Region.centrecolours
They were said to be travelling on a motorcycle from Charia to their examination centre in Wa to join their colleagues when the accident occurred on Sunday, May 3.
The two candidates were travelling to stay in Wa for the week-long examinations due to the absence of a centre in their community.
Source: YEN.com.gh
