GES announces call number to report school placement issues

Members of the public especially students who sat for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination and would like to make an enquiry or report school placement issues can call 030 298 7654, the Ghana Education Service has said.

The management of the Service in a social media post sighted by AcademicWeek.com said the call centre number to report school placement challenges will be activated from tomorrow for students with genuine complaints or issues.

In other news, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Dr Eric Nkansah has said the 2023 batch of Free Senior High School (Free SHS) beneficiaries will report to school on February 20, 2023, to start admission processes.

“Per the academic calendar, the first-year students are to report to school on February 20. So from February 20 students can report to school for registration. Orientation and academic work will commence on February 27,” he said.

Giving statistics of the released school placement, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah said out of the 547,329 who sat for the national examination, 538,399 qualified for school placement.

“A total of 37,780 students representing 69.24% have been automatically placed in one of their school choices while some over 165,619 who could not be matched with any of their selected choices are to do self-placement,” he said.

How to check 2023 school placement at cssps.gov.gh

1. Visit the school placement portal

2. Click on check placement

3. Enter your Index number

4. Enter your 10 digit E-voucher pin and

5. Enter your 5 digit pin code

6. Click on proceed and wait a few minutes for the next window to display your school placement.

How to do self-placement at cssps.gov.gh

1. Visit the computer school placement portal

2. Then select the check placement module on the left-hand side

3. Enter your BECE Index Number (eg. 100000000022) and

4. Enter your 10 digit E-voucher pin and

5. Enter your 5 digit pin code

6. Click on Proceed to be redirected to the self-placement module

When redirected successfully to the Self-placement module, you will be provided with a selection of schools to pick from based on the aggregate or grade you had in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

7. Choose carefully your desired second cycle school

8. Choose your residential preference (Day/Boarding).

9. Select your programme of choice

10. After doing all the necessary checks, confirm and print. Remember that once you have completed the selection process it can not be undone or changed