‘Dumsor’ affecting BECE candidates

Irregular power supply known in the local parlance as “dumsor” which is currently facing the country is affecting candidates writing the on-going Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), especially those living at Madina, a suburb of Accra, Today can report.

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) started the nationwide BECE on Monday, June 15, 2015 and it is expected to end on Friday, June 19, 2015.

The concern of the parents of these candidates who spoke to Today was the fact that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was not following the scheduled timetable which situation was affecting their studies in the night.

“These power cuts are not in conformity with the timetable from the ECG and were rendering these candidates helpless with no option and choice but to study with torch lights, candles and lanterns,” the distressed parents intimated.

For students who could not use any of the above items, their parents disclosed to Today that they leave home early to study in places where they could get generators.

"It’s really affecting my health. Last Sunday, there was no light from 4:00 P.M., till dawn and I had to use an old lantern which smoke was bad for my eyes,” Sarah, a helpless candidate, lamented.

A worried parent who spoke on condition of anonymity pleaded with ECG to consider the plight of these pupils and do something about the loading at this time.



Source: Today Newspaper

I feel sorry for these candidates.. Frankly its very hard to learn with candles and lanterns as they have actually been learning with electricity all along before this stupid unbearable power crisis came into existence... Nowadays, ECG just love to put off the light anytime and put it back on anytime any day which is really disgusting and frustrating.....

I share the concerns of these poor BECE candidates and that of their parents... ECG doesn't seem to care about this poor candidates... They just don't follow this their stupid Load shedding timetable... The most painful part of it all is after some or most of these students have failed is only then that you will hear someone* talking when it is already too late...

Already this Dumsor is disgusting and now they have found a way to couple it with a timetable or schedule which is not being complied with... For God's sake, why cant you at least care about these candidates for just one week of intense examination??? Ohh ECG ad3n, Yabr3 mo!!!!