2026 BECE: Two Invigilators arrested in Bono Region
Two invigilators were arrested during the on-going Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Bono Region. According to Mr. Luke Mensah, the Public Relations Officer at the Bono Regional Directorate of Education, one of the suspects, Kwabena Twum, was arrested on Monday, May 4, 2026, at the Fiapre Notre Damme Senior High School (SHS) examination center in the Sunyani West Municipality when he "attempted to use his mobile phone to take pictures of the question papers."
Mr. Mensah stated that the other suspect, who is yet to be identified, was picked up at the Sunyani Senior High School examination center on Tuesday May 5, 2026, for a similar offence. He also said that the BECE was progressing smoothly at the 88 designated centers, spread across the 11 politically administrative districts and municipalities in the region. He added that 25,000 candidates comprising 12,250 males and 12,750 females drawn from 833 public and private schools in the region were writing the BECE. 3,061 and 741 of the candidates were writing French and Arabic respectively, with 138 schools offering French and 28 schools doing Arabic. 88 supervisors and 882 invigilators were overseeing the examination.
Kwabena Twum has been granted bail and is assisting the Police in their investigations. The other suspect had also been granted Police enquiry bail and is assisting investigations. The directorate has intensified monitoring to stem examination malpractices and potential infractions.
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Two invigilators have been arrested in the Bono Region during the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The arrests raise concerns about the integrity of the examination process - but what exactly transpired?
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