BECE JHS
A moral value is a standard a community expects people to live by. RME asks you to name the value and show it in an action.
Values that the syllabus returns to include honesty, respect, hard work, hospitality, obedience to lawful authority, and chastity. Honesty is telling the truth and not taking what is not yours. Respect is recognising the worth of other people, including elders, peers and strangers. Hard work is doing your duty properly, at school and at home. Hospitality is receiving a guest with care. These are taught in the family, in religious communities and in school.
A value is not proved by naming it. An answer shows the value in a situation. Honesty is returning a found purse, or admitting a mistake. The opposite has consequences: lying breaks trust, theft harms a neighbour, laziness wastes a chance. Religious teachings support the same values from their scriptures and stories. When you use a story, name the tradition and the point of the story, not only the characters.
Each value needs an illustration if the question says "explain". A bare list scores the list marks only. Do not invent a Bible chapter or a Qur'an verse number if you are not sure. You can say "Christian teaching condemns theft" without a false reference. Consequences should follow from the act. "He will go to jail" is not automatic, and it is a weak line unless the question is about law.
These are practice questions in the style of the paper, with a model answer and a mark scheme. They are not a promise of what your paper will ask.
4 marks
Explain two ways a pupil can show honesty at school. (4 marks)
The pupil can tell the truth when accused of something they did, instead of blaming a classmate. The pupil can also hand in a purse found on the compound, instead of keeping the money.
3 marks
(a) What is respect? (2 marks)
(b) State one way respect is shown to an elder in your community. (1 mark)
(a) Respect is recognising the worth of another person and treating them with courtesy.
(b) Greeting an elder properly, or giving up a seat.
2 marks
State two effects of dishonesty on a friendship. (2 marks)
Trust is broken, and the friend may refuse to rely on you again.
More questions on this topic are inside GLearn, marked as you answer, with the reason written out. The first ones need no account.
Practise Religious and Moral Education freeIt is a standard of right behaviour that a family, a religion or a community expects. Honesty, respect, hard work and hospitality are examples on the BECE syllabus. Naming the value is the start. An explanation shows it in an action.
Give a concrete act. Returning something you found, admitting a mistake, or refusing to copy in an exam are acts of honesty. "Honesty is good" does not show the value. All BECE Religious and Moral Education past questions