The last weeks before the BECE need an order. Use the 8 week table when you have about two months. Use the 4 week table when the sitting is closer. Move a subject earlier if it is the first paper on the official timetable. This is a study plan, not a promise of a grade.
Official dates live on WAEC
This BECE plan is a study order. It is not the exam timetable, and it is not a fee list. WAEC Ghana publishes the dates. GLearn does not set them, does not charge a WAEC fee, and does not publish a pass rate. Open the timetable guide, then the file on the WAEC site, before you lock the last week.
An 8 week plan
One main subject each week, then a return to the cores with a clock. The four cores come first because they go into the aggregate.
| Week | Subjects | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | English Language | Open the BECE syllabus and list the English topics. Answer past questions with no clock. Write the topic beside every question you miss. |
| Week 2 | Mathematics | Work each question on paper before you look at the answer. Have the written answer marked, then keep a list of the topics that cost you marks. |
| Week 3 | Science | Stay on Science for the week. Read the explanation the same day you miss a question. Do not save a pile of explanations for later. |
| Week 4 | Social Studies | Use the same method as Science. English Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies are the four cores in a BECE aggregate. Give them real time. |
| Week 5 | Your other subjects | Add every subject you are entered for that is not a core. ICT and Religious and Moral Education are on the BECE syllabus page. A subject you sit that is not listed there is still your paper. Your school, or your admission notice, is the list. |
| Week 6 | English Language and Mathematics | Return to these two cores with a clock. Set the time before you start and stop when it ends. Then read why each miss happened. |
| Week 7 | Science, Social Studies, and the earliest paper | Time Science and Social Studies, then mix the four cores. Open the BECE timetable and give the paper that comes first the largest share of the remaining days. |
| Week 8 | Review only | No new topic. A short timed set in the morning, a look at the misses, then stop. Sleep is part of the plan. |
A 4 week plan
The same cores, pressed into four weeks. Use this when the official timetable shows the sitting is close. Do not add a new topic in the last days.
| Week | Subjects | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | English Language and Mathematics | Two days on each subject. The first day has no clock. The second day uses a clock. Mark every written answer before you switch. |
| Week 2 | Science and Social Studies | Same split as week 1. These two cores sit in the aggregate with English Language and Mathematics, so do not leave them for the last week. |
| Week 3 | Your other subjects, then the cores | Cover the subjects you are entered for that are not cores. End the week with one timed mix of English Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. |
| Week 4 | The earliest paper, then misses only | Read the official timetable and revise the paper that comes first. In the last days, do not open a topic you have never studied. |
A daily routine
Keep the routine smaller than your ambition. Five moves are enough for a school day.
1. Keep one hour
Sit at the same time when you can. A short session you repeat beats a long one you skip.
2. Start with the weak subject
Begin with the subject you miss most. Once the timetable is out, begin with the paper that comes first.
3. Answer before you read
Do a set of past questions before you open an explanation. Looking first teaches you to recognise the answer, not to find it.
4. Write one theory answer
Write it in full and have it marked the same day. Read the points that were missing, not only the total.
5. Close with one line
Write the one thing to fix tomorrow, then stop. A rest day is part of the plan, not a day you failed.
Past questions and a clock
A past question trains the topic and the way the paper asks. Answer it before you read the explanation. Nobody can promise that the same question will return.
Start with no clock, so you can think the topic through. Add a clock only after you have tried that topic. Timing a topic you have never studied only tells you that the time ran out.
When you mark a set, sort the misses. A careless slip and a topic you do not know are different jobs. Read a short explanation of the topic, then try a fresh question on it.
The length of a real paper is on the WAEC Ghana timetable, not on this page. Use that length once you are ready to time a full set. If this page and the official file disagree, follow the file.
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