GES asked to solve school placement issues at district offices

After 15 years of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System, the Ghana Education Service has been asked to solve the Senior High/Technical School (SHS/TVET) placement issues at district offices instead of regional ones.

In a social media post sighted by AcademicWeek, the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare said the placement resolution centres when set up at the District Education Offices will be a step in the right direction.

“About 15 years of CSSPS looking forward to the day school placement issues would be resolved at District Education Offices without one travelling from village to Regional Education Office. Some return journeys take 2 days,” he said.

In a related development, the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says out of the 547,329 prospective students who sat for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate 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.