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The Education Ministry has served notice it will sanction supervisors who prevent pregnant girls from writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which begins Monday. A Deputy Education Minister, Alex Kyeremeh pleaded with the supervisors to �see these children as their own children and they should not harass them.� Most often, pregnant students are prevented from writing their examinations due to their condition. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Education Ministry have on several occasions warned teachers and supervisors to allow such students to sit for their examinations. In an interview with Citi News, Mr. Kyeremeh called for the encouragement of affected students to enable them give off their best and nor feel victimized because it is against our laws.� �There is no law that bars them from writing the examination. They are entitled to the examination.� He further urged the students to desist from any examination malpractice but adhere to the laid down rules. A total of 422,946 candidates from 12, 562 public and private Junior High Schools (SHS) across the country are expected to sit for the BECE. The Principal Public Relations Officer (PRO) of West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC), Agnes Teye Cudjoe has indicated the exams will be written within five days and not six days as was done last year.