Deputy Minister for Education, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has rejected assertions that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will be discontinued after the year 2023.

He stated that the Ghana Education System (GES) does not have intentions to eliminate the BECE, but rather, there will be a revised structure maintaining the same examination standard set by the West African Examination Council (WAEC).

Rev. Ntim Fordjour explained that the new format will be reflective of the curriculum that is being used in the various basic schools in Ghana.

Speaking in an interview with TV3 on Wednesday, August 8, 20023, Rev John Ntim Fordjour entreated the general public to disregard claims of the abolition of BECE after the 2023 edition.

“There's no decision whatsoever to write off or jettison BECE, so that notion or perception should be disregarded.

"Well, we are going to have the same form as we've been doing. Of course, the test items each year will have it in a different format, as WAEC determines, but the standard is going to be the same, and it's going to be reflective of the curriculum that we have put in place. What they have been taught is exactly what is going to come up,” he told TV3.

Rev John Ntim Fordjour’s comment comes in response to claims of a possible cancellation of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) after the 2023 edition over the introduction of a new examination for Basic schools in Ghana.