Accra, April 19, GNA - Candidates for this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ashiedu-Keteke Sub Metropolitan Area have been advised to put their trust in God and desist from malpractices during the examination. The call was made by Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie-Komme, MP for the Odododiodioo constituency during a church service at the Mission to Nations International Ministries at Palladium in Accra on Saturday. The service was also to encourage the students to excel in the examination. The MP, who presented a Mathematical Set and pens to each of the candidates, advised them to be bold and adhere to the rules and regulations of the examination, which begins on Monday. Mr Tackie-Komme advised the candidates to concentrate on what they had been taught by their teachers and not to listen to their friends who approach them that they had the questions of the examinations. He advised them to avoid taking "foreign materials" into the examination room and also listen and obey instructions by the invigilators to avoid the cancellation of their papers. Speaking to newsmen later, the MP said this was the third year of such collaboration with the Mission.

He said apart from the presentation of the pens and mathematics sets to the final year students, he had also been organizing night classes for them and that there had been an improvement in the performance of students from the area since the initiative started. Mr Tackie-Komme pointed out that before his intervention he had to go round looking for placement for candidates from the area in Senior High Schools but the situation had improved since most of the students now pass well and does not need his intervention. Mr Daniel Okai, Constituency Chairman of National Democratic Congress advised school children in the area to take their studies seriously to become successful in future. He urged them to listen to their teachers and take active interest in extra curricula activities as well as cultivating reading habits. Present at the service were constituency executives of the party, teachers, officials of the Mission and some parents and guardians of the students. 19 April 09