2023 BECE: List of Topics for each Subject

The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is a crucial examination written by junior high school students in Ghana. The 2023 BECE is scheduled to start on Monday, 7th August, 2023, and end on Friday, 11th August, 2023.

This year’s exams will be written earlier than the previous years, which is from 17th October to 21st October in 2022. The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released all the topic areas used to formulate the 2023 BECE questions. Below is a list of topics for each subject:

English Language

• Tenses
• Conditional sentences
• Questions and answer tags
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Subject matter
• Letter (semi-formal and informal)
• Narrative/Descriptive essay

French

• Letter writing
• Picture description essay
• Verbs
• Le passé
• Adjectives in French
• Adverbs

Social Studies

• Our Culture
• The Environment and Environmental Degradation
• Promoting Political Stability in Ghana
• Colonization and National Development
• Our Nature and Human Resources
• Problems of Development in Ghana
• Productivity

Religious and Moral Education (RME)

• Religious personalities
• Rights and Passage
• Manners
• Reward and Punishment
• Chastity and Morality
• Money
• Religious Festivals
• Leisure
• Attributes of God
• Teachings of religious leaders

Core Mathematics

• Angles
• Construction
• Ratio and Proportion
• Length and area of plain figures
• Sets
• Probability
• Percentages, rates, and taxes
• Graphics
• Vectors

Integrated Science

• Measurement
• Soil
• Acids, Bases, and Salts
• Mixture
• Heat
• Photosynthesis
• System of humans (Respiratory, Digestive)
• Ecosystem
• Work and Machines
• Ruminants
• Dentition
• Element
• Diffusion and Osmosis (very important with its practicals)
• Diseases
• Soil conservation

Information and Communication Technology

• Devices (storage, input, and output)
• Advertisement
• Spreadsheet
• Creating a Word Processing Document (MS Word)
• The system unit (internal and external parts)
• The Internet
• Creating and renaming a Folder
• Basic shortcuts (copy, paste, cut, highlight, etc.) Search Engine
• Software

Ghanaian Language (Twi)

• Ahensie ne Ahentuo
• Culture (Ammammere)
• Nkyea ne nyeso) (Greetings and Responds)
• Proverbs
• Naming Ceremony (edinto)
• Letter writing

Basic Design and Technology

• Building materials
• Timber
• Measuring tools
• Exhibition
• Food
• Packaging
• Perspective drawing
• Development of surfaces

The 2023 BECE topics have been released by WAEC, and candidates are advised to prepare adequately for the exam. The topics listed above are those that would (may) be used to formulate the 2023 BECE questions. Students are encouraged to study hard and seek help when needed to excel in the examination.