At this year's Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Tumu in the Sissala East Municipality, five nursing females, one with a two-month-old baby, and six pregnant girls are taking part.
Mr Cornelius Langyintuo, the examinations officer at the Kanton Senior High School Center 'A, revealed this information to the press.
He said that although the pregnant women came from Lilxia, Nabugubelle, and Dimajang, the nursing students came from Bugubelle Basic School, Bandei, and Kong Basic.
The remainder came from the elementary schools in Yigantu and Falahia.
Additionally, seven students—five girls and two boys—were not there because three of the females became pregnant and moved in with the men who had caused their pregnancies.
One who became pregnant earlier managed to give birth but became ill and was unable to write the examination, while one's whereabouts are unknown.
An instance of duplicate registration was discovered by the Tumu Secondary Technical Center, and one child also dropped out and was not present for the final examination.
Out of a total of 395 applicants, 393 candidates from 19 schools from around the Sissala East Municipality were present to write at the Tumu Senior High Technical School Center. Two candidates were missing.
19 public schools gathered at Kanton Senior High School to write social studies, information technology, and communication.
Mr Langyintuo further disclosed that the exam was written in 55 public schools and one private school.
There were 1,039 students registered for the public school, 509 of whom were males and 530 of them were girls.
19 boys and 2 girls took the test at Grace Provider Basic Institution, the only private school that participated in the exam.
While 1,079 students registered for the test, there were 1,072 students who actually took the exam in the Sissala East Municipality. Seven students chose to skip the exam.
Mr Langyintuo credited the pregnant students' fortitude for taking the test to support from both their professors and parents, and he urged the other students to take advantage of the chance.
The supervisors at the Tumu Secondary Technical Center complained that the students needed access to water.
Prior to the exam, Mr Fuseini Yakubu Batong, the Sissala East Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), urged them to give it their all in order to pass and benefit from the free secondary education by doing well.