GES releases the 2nd batch SHS/TVET placement of BECE students’
The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released what could best be described as the second batch SHS/TVET placement of Junior High School (JHS) prospective students who sat for the 2023 edition of the BECE.
According to the Ghana Education Service, effective December 11, 2023, students who sat for the 2023 BECE but had their subject script withheld by the West African Examinations Council can check their second cycle school placement.
A spokesperson for the Service, Cassandra Twum Ampofo in an interview said that the cleared scripts have been processed by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), allowing candidates to access their school placements.
‘’We have 21,458 out of the 22,270 scripts released and we have worked on them. So, by December 11, 2023, if they check on the Computerized School Selection and Placement System portal, they will see their school placement
“Initially, all those candidates could not access their placement but now they can. Now we have 812 candidates whose scripts are yet to be released and we will work on that,” the Public Relations Officer for the Education Service stated.
The management of the Ghana 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 the placement platform,” it said in the release.
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