MoE deletes updated BECE 2023 school selection form from online

The Ministry of Education (MoE) following the delay in the selection of schools by candidates who sat for 2023 BECE has removed this year’s Senior High School selection form which previously was downloadable at https://freeshs.net.

Speaking to AcademicWeek, an official of the Education Ministry said the updated schools selection form consists of two sections aimed at making the selection of second-cycle schools understandable and not complicated.

“The new schools selection form has two sections thus, 1st placement school selection form where students are required to choose 6 schools and 2nd placement school selection form which requires them to select 5 schools,” he said.

How to download Senior High School selection form

1. Visit https://freeshs.net or download it directly here

2. Navigate to CSSPS Information and hover the mouse icon

3. Click on the Download 2023 school selection form to download the 2023 school selection form

A total of 600,714 candidates, comprising 300,323 males and 300,391 females from 18,993 Junior High Schools (JHSs0 sat for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which ended on Friday, August 11, 2023.

With regard to 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.