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BECE-BRS USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENT
1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 HOW TO OBTAIN REGISTRATION SOFTWARE .............................................................................................. 3
1.3 SETUP AND INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................................... 5
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TABLE OF FIGURES
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1 INTRODUCTION
BASIC EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION BATCH REGISTRATION SOFTWARE (BECE-BRS) is a
software designed to ease the burden of registering candidates for the Basic Education
Certificate Examination (BECE). This software seeks to reduce the amount of paperwork done
through out the registration process and also to handle inconsistencies that may occur during
manual registration.
1.1 REQUIREMENTS
A computer
Registration Software – Batch Registration Software (BECEBRSSetup)
Internet access
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2 USER INTERFACE
The batch registration software has the following features or interfaces.
1. Start interface
2. New School Registration Interface
3. Main interface
4. School Telephone Number Interface.
5. Registration Entry Form Interface.
6. Continuous Assessment Interface
7. School Choice Selection Interface.
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CAPTION FUNCTION
Create New School Registration Session Opens New School Registration interface.
User Manual Opens a printable user manual.
Shows the school currently in session. It
displays the Centre Number, School
Existing School Registration Sessions Number, School Name, Exam Year and
Exam Month.
A school can be selected and set as active.
Highlight the school you want to work on Sets the selected school in the list box as
and click this button to load active.
Delete School Deletes the selected school from the system.
*Continuous Assessment Form Opens the Continuous Assessment interface.
*Generate Continuous Assessment Report Generates continuous assessment report and
and File file for the selected school.
*School Choice Selection Opens the school choice selection interface.
Generates school choice report and file for
*Generate School Choice Report and File
the selected school.
Exit Closes the software.
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CAPTION FUNCTION
School Telephone Number Enter school’s telephone number
School Number Enter the school number.
Online Password Enter the school’s online password.
Get School Information Gets school information from ONLINE system.
Cancel Clears the School information details.
School Name Displays the name of the selected school.
Exam Centre Number Displays the Exam Center number of the school.
Exam Centre Name Displays the name of the center.
Examination Year Displays the year.
Examination Month Displays the month.
Creates and opens the student entry form for the
Create Registration Session
new school.
Exit Closes the New School Registration interface.
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CAPTION FUNCTION
View/Continue Registration Opens the Candidate Information Entry interface.
Statement of Entries Opens a printable report of the candidate entries.
Opens a printable report bearing the pictures of registered
Photo Album
candidates.
Opens a dialog window where you select the destination
Finalize Registration for your registration data and upload of finalized school
registration.
Fees Slip Open a printable fee slip when finalization is complete.
Update School Telephone Number Opens school telephone number interface.
Log out Closes the software.
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CAPTION FUNCTION
Shows the existing telephone number that was saved during creation
Existing Telephone number
of school registration session.
Enter Online Password Enter the school’s online password for validation.
Enter New Telephone No. Enter the school’s new telephone number
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This interface (Figure 8) performs two functionalities. First, it permits the entry of candidate
information and secondly, searches for a candidates record using the candidate’s index
number or surname.
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This interface (Figure 9) displays the name and number of the activated school, the name and
the index number of the candidate for which subject marks are to be entered. This interface
also has a search capability to enable quick access to a candidates subject marks record using
index number or name of the candidate.
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CAPTION FUNCTION
Click to select the choice (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th)
School Choices
before selecting school code.
School Enter or select school code from school
(Public, Private and Technical categories) category drop down list.
Select programme for each school choice
Programme Preference
form the drop down list.
Select the accommodation facility available
Accommodation Preference at the selected school
(Day, Boarding, Hostel)
Saves the candidate’s information to a
Save
record.
Clears the selections made under the current
Clear School choice
school choice e.g. 1st Choice only
Deletes all the saved selections for all the
Reset
candidates.
Exit Closes the school choice selection form.
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Before you start the batch registration, make sure you have the following ready and available.
1. Candidates’ Information (name, sex, date of birth, subjects).
2. Candidates’ Pictures.
Note: The complete set of candidate’s pictures must be available before you start the entry of
candidate’s information. The system will not allow you to save any candidate record if the
picture is not available.
Photo size: 150 (width) X 200 (height) pixels Photo background: White
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1. Select and activate School from the Existing School Registration Session List.
2. Click View/Continue Registration button to open Registration Entry Form Interface.
3. Click on Add New Candidate Record to start candidate registration.
4. Enter candidate information (name, date of birth, disabilities, photograph and subjects).
5. Click on Save to save the candidate’s information.
6. Click on Delete entry if you want to delete the candidate’s information from the system.
7. Click on Add New Candidate Record to start registration for a new candidate.
8. Click on Close to exit the registration interface after completion of entry.
9. Continue registration from Procedure No. 3.
Note:
If you are connected to the internet, saved entries will be uploaded to the online system
automatically.
The message “CANDIDATE ENTRY SAVED SUCCESSFULLY!” will be displayed when you
click on SAVE. The message, “UPLOADING CANDIDATE **** ENTRIES” will be
displayed at the bottom of the interface when the software is uploading the saved
information to the online system.
A successful upload will display the message, "CANDIDATE **** ENTRIES SAVED AND
UPLOADED SUCCESSFULLY!” and an unsuccessful upload will display the message
"CANDIDATE **** ENTRIES SAVED BUT NOT UPLOADED ONLINE!"
You can click on RE-UPLOAD FAILED UPLOADS once you are connected to the internet
to load all unsuccessful uploads.
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Before you start the School Choice Selection, make sure you have all the Four (4) School Choices
for all the candidates based on the various options and placement types.
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Note:
Candidate information can be viewed online after you have finalized your registration on
the BECE-BRS.
Adding a candidate does not change the order or index number of the uploaded candidate
data. It only appends the new candidate to the original list of uploaded candidates.
All additional candidates will be added to the complete school’s data after paying at the
Bank.
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Note: The downloaded BRS already contains the onlinemasterfile for the school.
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School Registration
1. CD containing the TRANSFERRED school folder.
i. Statement of Entries-Final
ii. Summary of Basic Design and Technology Selections-Final
iii. Summary of Ghanaian Language Selections-Final
iv. Photo Album of Candidates-Final
v. Fee Slip-Final
Continuous Assessment
1. CD containing the TRANSFERRED school folder which has the Continuous Assessment File.
Note: Contact the WAEC office when you encounter any problem at any stage of the
registration procedure.
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