The governor of the Center-North region, Blaise Ouédraogo encouraged Thursday morning, at the Moussa Kargougou provincial high school in Kaya, the candidates at the start of the administration of the written examinations of the Brevet d'études for the first cycle (BEPC), session 2023.
Issaka Sawadogo is the only visually impaired student in the Center-North region for the undergraduate study certificate exam (BEPC), 2023 session, among the 9,032 registered.
A member of the Moussa Kargougou provincial high school in Kaya, a center made up of three juries, he received encouragement from the governor of the Center-North region, Blaise Ouédraogo, during the opening of the first test, which is dictation: a heavenly place.
“Your courage and selflessness is a model that we must magnify across Burkina Faso. Your determination also proves that disability is not inevitable. You have all the support of the regional authorities for the continuation of your studies,” reassured Governor Ouédraogo.
The first person in charge of the region also encouraged and wished good luck to all the candidates for the BEPC exam.
“The region is going through a rather delicate security and humanitarian crisis. And, among these students, there are internally displaced persons. It is fashionable to come and wish them good luck, because being able to compose is a form of resilience and being admitted is another form of fighting terrorism,” he said.
According to the Regional Director of Post-Primary and Secondary Education of the Center-North (DREPS / CN), Guénéba Ouédraogo, the Center-North has 30 juries at the BEPC, 4 juries at the BEP and CAP and 21 secondary centers at the BEPC.
The number of people enrolled in the BEPC at the regional level is 9,032 candidates, including 5,942 girls and 3,090 boys.
Note that there are 446 registered including 182 girls and 294 boys for the BEP/CAP whose centers are in Boulsa and Boussouma.
According to Ms. Ouédraogo, Soumaila Bamogo, born in 2009 is the young candidate and Paténéma Sawadogo born in 1978 is the old candidate from the Centre-Nord region for the BEPC exam, session 2023.
The results of the first round are expected on June 9 and those of the second round on June 14.
Source: Burkina Information Agency