Two teenage nursing mothers and two pregnant pupils were among candidates taking the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ho Municipality.
One of the two nursing mothers, who is 13 years old from Dededo, told the Ghana News Agency at the Tsito Senior High School centre that she was determined to write the examination and therefore came along with her mother to take care of her baby while she wrote her papers.
The GNA was told at the Mawuli School Examination centre in Ho that one of the female candidates there said she had delivered a baby a few days before the examination.
Mr Philip Atitsogbui, a Supervisor, said a candidate who was in a large-size pullover, appeared dull prompting him to enquire as to her state of health upon which she explained her situation to him.
Two other candidates were also said to be between four and six months pregnant.
One of them from Dededo told the GNA that she was six months pregnant and looked uncomfortable in her school uniform.
The shy looking girl who said she was 15 years old said "I am glad and well prepared to write the exams and hope to make good grades though I was out of class for sometime."
Mr Gabriel Ahorney, Supervisor at the Mawuko Girls' Examination Centre, told the GNA that a female candidate who was absent was said to be pregnant when her headteacher was contacted.
By 0900 hours when the GNA went round, the examination had not started at centres in the Ho municipality which the supervisors said was due to late arrival of materials.