CSSPS portal to check SHS placement opened but with restrictions
The Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) portal https://cssps.gov.gh to check this school placement of students who sat for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination is now online but with restrictions.
The current status of the CSSPS portal, an official of the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat has told Thisterm.com means the https://cssps.gov.gh in due course will be opened for public access.
“The portal now shows a message that “Sorry, you have been blocked. You are unable to access cssps.gov.gh” This means it has not been opened for public access but I am hopeful in due course students can check their placement,” he told Thisterm.
Asked what measures have been put in place to ensure the website is not compromised or hacked as it happened in 2019, the official said his outfit in collaboration with the Ministry of Education has secured the placement system.
“Recently in an interview, the Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum disclosed the Computerized School Selection and Placement System has been secured with a firewall, a lot has been done concerning the system,” he noted.
How to buy school placement card
1. Visit the Checker Cards website
2. Select the number of cards you want to buy.
3. Click on the “Buy Now” button.
4. Fill in the details by adding your First name, Last name, Phone number and E-mail address.
5. Scroll down and click on “Proceed To Payment”.
6. Select “Pay with Mobile Money” and enter your MoMo number.
7. Click on “Confirm”.
8. Approve payment on your phone by entering your Mobile Money Pin.
How to check school placement
1. Visit the CSSPS 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
1. Visit the CSSPS portal
2. Then select the check placement module on the left-hand side
3. Enter your BECE Index Number (eg. 100000000023) 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