Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper and Social Commentator, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has questioned why the Ghana Education Service should schedule the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) during the rainy season.

“...why is it that on our calendar we know that every year in June there are heavy rains and yet we go along and fix examination around, this time, a situation that compels these children to go out. Can’t we have an educational calendar which takes account of our rainfall pattern… it shouldn’t be difficult for us to do this simple exercise as a people,” Kwesi Pratt said.

A total of 438,048 candidates from 14,267 public and private junior high schools (JHSs) will sit the BECE across the country at 1,598 centres from Monday, June 13, 2016.

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has predicted more rains in the coming days, following Thursday’s heavy downpour which flooded major parts of the Greater Accra regional capital.

The Agency had earlier warned Ghanaians to avoid fast flowing water, move from lower ground to higher places if need be and call emergency lines- including 112 should the need arise.