First-year senior high school (SHS) students who are awaiting their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results will report to school on December 4, 2023.
The date, which is for both single and double-track students, was contained in the 2023–2024 academic calendar for pre-tertiary institutions in the country released by the Ghana Education Service (GES).
Meanwhile, Forms Two and Three students under the single-track system will report to school today, November 1. Per the transitional calendar for double-track students, Form One students will be in school from December 4, 2023, to March 5, 2024.
On the other hand, single-track students will report to school from December 4 until March 15, 2024, and go on vacation from March 16, 2024, to May 2, 2024.
The second semester will begin on May 3, 2024, and last until August 28, 2024, when the academic calendar will end. Form Two and Form Three students under the single track system will report to school today until March 5, 2024, and begin the end of the first-semester break from March 6 to May 2, 2024.
They will return to school on May 3, 2024, to begin the second semester, up to August 28, 2024, to end the academic year. However, Form Two students under the double track system will have to wait until March 8, 2024, to begin the first semester and until May 9, 2024, to end the semester.
The second semester will begin on July 12, 2024, and last until November 15, 2024, when the academic year will end. Form Three students under the double track will also begin their first semester on January 3, 2024, and end it on March 28, 2024, to end the first semester.
However, for Form Three students under the single-track system, the first semester begins today, November 1, 2023, and ends on March 5, 2024, while the second semester is from May 3, 2024, to August 28, 2024, when they will complete school.
The students will return to school on April 30 for the third term, which will last for 13 weeks, during which Form Three students will write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in July 2024.
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