BECE LEAVERS JAMS BANNED IN BUILSA TRADITIONAL AREA

The Paramount Chief and Overlord of the Bulsa Traditional Area, His Royal Majesty Nab Azagsuk Azantiow II has on behalf of the Builsa Traditional Council directed that, all jams, discos and get-together’s organized by individuals and group of spinners for BECE school leavers after completing their examinations have been banned for the year 2022.

The reason taken by the council in a statement signed by the overlord and sighted by this outfit Sterns from increasing teenage pregnancies, fierce fights and injuries, theft, drugs and substance abuse among others.

The statement further called on management of the Ghana Education Service in the Builsa Traditional area to draw the attention of all Head Teachers of Basic Schools that, holding Get-together with jams is not welcomed henceforth in the Builsa Traditional Area.

Below is a copy of the statement;

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EDUCATION WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE – MINISTER TO CANDIDATES

The Upper East Regional Minister, Hon Stephen Yakubu says education is a critical tool to transform the lives of young people in the Region.

He said education was the backbone and strength of northerners, noting that most influential personalities in the Region made it through education.

Hon. Yakubu was addressing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the region at the Bolgatanga Technical Institute Examination Centre.

He urged the candidates to remain calm and write the examination with high hopes to succeed, “Just keep calm when you  collect your question paper, pray to God to help you  and  the  favour of God will be yours,” he advised.

The Regional Minister told the candidates that they had no excuse not to pass, as they had available facilities to enable them perform and move on to the next level.

Hon. Yakubu was accompanied by the Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Rex Asanga, the Regional Police Commander, the Municipal Director of Education and other stakeholders in education.

A total of 19,999 candidates made up of 9,999 males and 10,000 females are sitting for this year's BECE across the region.

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19,999 Candidates Expected To Sit For 2022 BECE In The Upper East Region.

A total of 19,999 candidates are expected to sit in for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Upper East Region.

The candidates are made up of 10,000 girls and 9,999 boys from 679 schools with 564 being public Schools and 115 being private schools respectively.

In the Builsa North Municipality, 1,183 students comprising 589 boys and 594 girls coming from 30 public schools and 2 private schools are expected to sit for the examination whilst a total of 657 students comprising 350 boys and 307 girls coming from 24 public schools are expected to sit for the examination in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region.

The examination, will commence on Monday, October 17, 2022 across the country.

A total of 552,276 candidates from 18,501 schools across the country will take the exams for school candidates at 2,023 centres while a total of 1,132 private candidates have registered for the exams and will take the papers at 15 selected centres.

Out of the number for school candidates, 276,988 are males with 275,288 being females. The private candidates are made up of 634 males and 498 females.

The Council responsible  for the examination has said the total number of candidates representing the schools is 3.48% less than the 2021 figure which was 572,167.

For private candidates, the number is 6.09% higher than last year’s figure of 1,067.

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VICE PRESIDENT UNHAPPY ABOUT SLOW WORK PACE ON AGENDA 111

His Excellency the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has expressed dissatisfaction about  the progress of work on the Agenda 111 project in the Kassena- Nankana West District.

Work on the project was awarded in February this year, and was still at foundation level when the Vice President visited the site on Friday to access the progress of work as part of his working visit to the Upper East Region.

“I was not happy about the progress of work, it's not satisfactory, I have told the Consultant who briefed me and he confessed himself, therefore we need to make progress,” he noted.

Dr. Bawumia told the press that the challenges in the health sector, including the lack of hospitals in some Districts across Ghana, dated back to the days of Independence, and said the Akufo-Addo-led- government had taken a bold decision to address the problem.

He said the government adopted a holistic approach to build 111 standard hospitals towards addressing the health needs of over 90 Districts without hospitals, seven Regional and three psychiatric hospitals across the country.

While in the Paga Constituency, the Vice President paid courtesy call on the Paga Pio, Pe Charles Awia Awampaga II, and indicated that the purpose of his visit to the five northern regions was a follow-up on the visit of the President Akufo-Addo a month  ago for first-hand information on government’s initiated projects and flagship policies.

The Paramount Chief praised the Akufo-Addo-led-government for his vision for the country and work done so far that had brought some relief to Ghanaians.

He mentioned the Free Senior High School policy which afforded many children the opportunity to access Secondary education, and the ongoing Agenda 111 project under construction across the country.

The Vice President assured the Paramount Chief that the several concerns of the  Traditional Area, including the renovation of a girls' dormitory block of the Paga Senior High School which was gutted by fire would be addressed.

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