GES caution cafe operators over BECE 2023 school placement
The Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat following the release of the computer school placement has cautioned Internet cafe operators or attendants to desist from selecting random schools for students.
An official of the Computerized School Selection and Placement System in a discussion with Thisterm.com said internet cafe attendants sometimes contribute to the challenges faced during computerized school placement each year.
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According to him, some cafe operators usually select random schools, especially for students doing self-placement. The official cited they do this in other to get the time to check the placement of more students for their financial gains.
On the part of students who will be partaking in the second cycle school placement exercise, the CSSPS staff entreated them to not leave their school choices to an internet cafe attendant or operator in the case of self-placement.
He similarly urged parents and guardians of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates to take a keen interest in their ward’s computer second-cycle school placement to avoid mistakes.
In line with the Secretariat of the Selection and Placement System, the Ghana Education Service has alerted the public, particularly students and parents to be careful of individuals who claim to have access to the placement system.
A staff of the Ghana Education Service (GES) urged students who will be participating in the forthcoming national exercise to be vigilant and disregard assertions by some internet cafe operators who claim can change the placement.
“The activity of some internet cafe operators claiming to have access to the computerized placement system last year came to our notice, we urge parents and students this year to be vigilant during the school checking,” he stated.
The unscrupulous cafe operators he said lure the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates to pay an amount of money for their already placed or selected Senior High School to be changed to their preferred choice.
The GES official indicated the computerized school placement system (CSSPS) portal as part of measures to ensure the smooth placement of all successful 2021 BECE candidates has been secured and is not possible to be compromised.
“Any person who contacts you to pay any amount of money for your placed or selected school to be changed or claims to have access to the school placement system or websites is a fraudster,” the GES staff told Thisterm.com.
The management of the Education Service in the press statement said out of the total number of 598,839 results received from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), 585,797 candidates qualified to be placed.
“A total of 477,772 (81.56%) prospective students have automatically been placed in one of their choices. This is a significant improvement compared to last year’s, with over 100,000 more students placed.
However, 108,025 (18.44%) qualified candidates could not be matched with any of their choices. All such students are, therefore to do Self-Placement to select from available schools at access the placement platform,” it said in the release.
A total of 600,714 candidates, comprising 300,323 boys and 300,391 girls from 18,993 Junior High Schools participated in the 2023 BECE for School Candidates which began on Monday, August 7, 2023, to Friday, August 11, 2023.
About the 2023 BECE for Private Candidates, a total entry figure of 1,743 candidates was recorded. This is made up of 889 males and 854 females. This year’s figure is 5.4% higher than the entry figure of 1,132 for 2022.
The 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates was held at 2,137 examination centres across the country, while 15 centres mainly in the regional capitals were used for the BECE for Private candidates.
To ensure the smooth and successful conduct of the 2023 BECE for School and Private, A total of 2,137 supervisors, 2,000 supervisors and 21,027 invigilators were tasked to oversee the administration of the national examination.