What is the 2024 BECE marking date? Has WAEC made its 2024 BECE marking date announcement? And when will 2024 BECE graduates start SHS1? Find all the answers in this latest post.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has not yet marked the 2024 BECE, the final examination it organized from July 8th to 15th. New information available to Education-News Consult shows that WAEC has just initiated the processes for marking weeks after receiving GHS50 million from the government as part of payments of the amount the government owed WAEC.
What is the newly confirmed date for the 2024 BECE marking?
Education-News Consult can confirm that the marking of the scripts for students who took the BECE this year will adhere to the following procedures on the provided dates.
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Zonal marking for BECE scripts
The dates for the 2024 BECE Zonal marking of scripts are September 17th–18th, 2024.
WAEC has divided Ghana into marking zones to coordinate and mark sampled scripts from various schools. Each of the zones is based on the school’s geographic location. For marking purposes, we can place all schools in a given location or GES district under a specific zone.
The main coordination date for marking 2024 BECE scripts has been set.
WAEC will then organize the main coordination marking from September 19th to September 21st, 2024. This is the stage when WAEC selects teachers who are examiners of the various subjects from each zone to meet and mark scripts selected.
Among other things, zonal marking tests existing marking schemes and makes necessary modifications to ensure all potentially correct answers for each question receive correct markings. It helps ensure that the scripts for all subjects and candidates are marked without bias. Upon completion of this process, all examiners develop a final common marking scheme for script marking.
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BECE conference marking date and details
The conference marking will take place from 21st September to 11th October 2024. Conference marking is simply the marking of examination scripts in groups by examiners assigned to specific subjects at specific venues across the country.
We expect chief examiners from each zone to collaborate with their respective teams. They are to ensure that examiners use the marking scheme and are fair to all candidates when marking. Examination supervisors also assist the examiners and the chief examiner in ensuring quality assurance by checking the marking’s consistency and accuracy.
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Moderation will follow the marking of the 2024 BECE scripts. Senior examiners issue some of the marked scripts to a selected set of examination moderators for cross-checking at this stage. Their duty is to ensure that marked scripts are uniform and accurate across zones.
When will 2024 BECE graduates start SHS1?
With the final dates for the BECE confirmed to start from 21st September to 11th October 2024, parents and BECE candidates must know that the start of SHS1 on 27th September, as announced earlier by the Ghana Education Service, is technically not possible.
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