BECE: MCE of Ho demands that private school operators pay the cost of using public school infrastructure.
BECE: MCE of Ho demands that private school operators pay the cost of using public school infrastructure.
Private schools that use government classrooms have been requested to cover the cost of doing so.
During the tour of the ongoing BECE centers in the Ho Municipality, Divine R. K. Bosson, the Chief Executive of Ho Municipality, announced this intention to 3news. He clarified that private schools that utilize the infrastructure of government schools without making any contribution to the upkeep of these structures are insulting to state authorities and should be strongly condemned.
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Many of these classrooms have damaged louvers and furnishings from students from private schools, Mr. Bosson noted, but they want the government to replace them.
He declared that such behavior would not be accepted and that these private schools would now be held financially responsible for any harm they caused. They will be required to cover a portion of the facility’s primary cost.
The Municipal Chief Executive revealed that there are plans to hold discussions with the Municipal Directorate of Education to determine a payment scheme for these private schools to use government classrooms.
In the meantime, the Volta Region’s official start to this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has gone off without a hitch. 29,316 individuals took the BECE in total; 14,534 of them are boys and 14,782 are girls.
866 basic schools and 289 private schools are participating in the ongoing examination, which is being held at 115 examination centers around the Volta Region, according to Francis Agbemafi, the Volta Regional Director of Education, who made this information public to the media at various examination centers.
The Regional Director advised the applicants to follow test norms and regulations and make sure they thoroughly read and comprehend the questions before responding, expressing pleasure with the behavior of both candidates and invigilators.
A total of 402 candidates were taking the exams at the Mawuko Senior High School center. It was reported that one absentee passed away before the exam day.
The center’s assistant supervisor, Klakani Ebenezer, said that the exam got underway without any problems and expressed the expectation that it would go on that way all the way through.
