The 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) officially kicked off nationwide on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, with a total of 603,328 candidates, including 306,078 females and 297,250 males, sitting for the exams.
A visit by to Kotobabi 5, 7, and 11 Junior High Schools in the Ayawaso Central constituency, one of the many examination centres, had five different schools writing there.
Speaking exclusively to , the supervisor in charge of the centre, Vifah Edmond, commended the smooth process and flow of the examination, stating that no challenges had been recorded on the first day.
According to him, the number of students assigned to write at the centre remained intact, adding that no student was absent. "The total number of candidates is 178, with all present.