Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to urgently review the transportation and distribution system for BECE question papers to prevent delays at examination centres nationwide.
The directive comes after question papers arrived late at the Boako examination centre on Monday, May 4, 2026, disrupting the timely start of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
A total of 273 candidates from nine schools were affected at the centre. By the time the Minister visited the centre, answer booklets had already been distributed to candidates, but they were still waiting for the question papers while other centres had commenced the examination about 15 minutes earlier.
Expressing dissatisfaction with the situation, Mr Iddrisu instructed the Director-General of the GES to immediately collaborate with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to reform the logistics process.
“Ordinarily, candidates are supposed to be seated 15 minutes before the examination. However, I see answer sheets here without question papers. They are now on their way. We must therefore review the process of transporting examination questions to centres,” he said.
“Director-General, you sit on the WAEC Council, so we need immediate reforms,” the Minister added.