The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the placement of students who took the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into various Senior High Schools (SHS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Schools.
This was done through the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
GES said in a statement on Tuesday that 585,797 candidates qualified to be placed out of the total 598,839 results obtained from WAEC.
“A total of 477,772 (81.56%) have automatically been placed in one of their choices.”
On the other hand, 108,025 (18.44%) qualified candidates could not be matched with any of their choices,” it added.
The GES, therefore, urged all such students to do self-placement to select from the available schools.
According to them, the total number of students qualified for placement this year (585,797) was a significant improvement compared to last year’s, with over 100,000 more students placed.
This means 13,042 students could not either qualify for automatic placement or self-placement since they did not qualify.
In their statement, GES also warned parents not to fall victim to persons who promise to assist them in changing their wards schools, as according to the service, the placement process is “merit-based.
The statement from GES is reproduced below:
