Ghana, one of the member states of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), will administer the 2025 BECE to its basic school final-year students this year. The examination is open to all final-year students.
- Do you know that only about 18,000 students who sit the 2025 BECE will score grade 1 in every subject administered?
- Do you know at least 4% of the total number of students who sit the exam will obtain grade 9 in every subject?
- Do you know that 90,000 of the 2025 candidates will likely score grade 5 if the 2025 BECE is written by 450,000 students? Well, that is the reality as a result of the grading system.
Keep reading for more information.
What is the 2025 BECE final exam date?
The 2025 BECE will be administered by WAEC from Wednesday, 11th June, to Wednesday, 18th June.
What is the final 2025 BECE timetable for Ghana?
2025 BECE Timetable Simplified
| DATE | SUBJECT | DURATION |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, 11th June, 2025 | Social Studies 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
| Social Studies 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
| Computing 2 (Essay) | 1 hour, 10 minutes | |
| Computing 1 (Objectives) | 50 minutes | |
| Thurs., 12th June, 2025 | English Language (Essay) | 1 hour, 25 minutes |
| English Language (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
| Career Technology 2 (Essay) | 1 hour, 15 minutes | |
| Career Technology 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
| Fri, 13th June, 2025 | Science 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
| Science 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes | |
| Ghanaian Language 2 (Essay) | 1 hour 15 minutes | |
| Ghanaian Language 1 (Objective) | 40 minutes | |
| Mon, 16th June, 2025 | Mathematics 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
| Mathematics 1 (Objective) | 1 hour | |
| Religious and Moral Education | 1 hour 10 minutes | |
| Religious and Moral Education 1 (Objective) | 50 minutes | |
| Tue, 17th June, 2025 | French 2 (Essay) | 45 minutes |
| French 1 (Objective) | 1 hour | |
| Creative Arts and Design 2 (Essay) | 1 hour 15 minutes | |
| Creative Arts and Design 2 (Essay) | 50 minutes | |
| Wed, 17th June, 2025 | Arabic 2 (Essay) | 1 hour |
| Arabic 1 (Objective) | 45 minutes |
2025 BECE Grading System (WAEC)
Who are the officially qualified and not qualified expected to write the examination?
Per the rules of the Ghana Education Service (GES), only students in Basic 9 or in their final year of Junior High School are officially qualified to sit the exam. However, in the last 10 years, students in basic 7 and 8 have written the examination with their seniors and passed. This year, some basic 7 and 8 learners are expected to sit the examination.
The three groups of candidates who will sit the exam.
There are three groups of students who will sit the examination.
Group one are candidates registered by schools. This includes public and private school candidates.
Group Two are private candidates made up of candidates who sat but failed the 2024 BECE as well as candidates who are writing the BECE for the first time as private candidates, thus students who receive tuition at home. These candidates will be examined based on the new curriculum.
The final group are those who sat the examination in the past based on the old curriculum and want to resit the examination.
How many different examination questions will be used by WAEC for the BECE?
WAEC is expected to have two sets of questions. One set for students who are resitting the 2024 BECE. This same question will be used by all first-time BECE candidates writing the BECE as school candidates from public and private schools.
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The second set will be questions based on the old curriculum and will be set for candidates who seek to resit the examination written in the past based on the old curriculum.
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All candidates who make grade 9 in English Language and/or Mathematics will not be placed in any school, irrespective of the excellent grades they make in the other 8 subjects.