GES adds second-cycle schools selection register into ges.gov.gh

The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has integrated the Computerised School Selection and Placement (CSSPS) second-cycle schools selection register, which includes a list of all Senior High Schools and Senior High Technical Schools in the country, into its official website http://www.ges.gov.gh.

The CSSPS second-cycle school selection register contains a list of approximately 620 Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs) across the 16 regions of Ghana, which are grouped into districts.

Dubbed as the school directory on the GES website, the Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs) register indicates the location, courses offered, region, district, and town of a particular school.

The integration of the second-cycle schools register into the GES website will enable candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to learn more about the Senior High Schools or Senior High Technical Schools in the country before the second-cycle school selection process begins.

The second-cycle schools selection register contains all the names of Senior High Schools and Senior High Technical Schools locations, school codes, districts, programmes, email addresses, and gender across the 16 regions of Ghana.

Last year, a total of 721 Senior High Schools and Senior High Technical Schools were listed in the second-cycle schools register. The schools were grouped based on categories (A to D).

Grouping of Schools

All second-cycle schools were grouped as follows:

I. Public Second Cycle Institutions: Three (3) groups, namely Categories A, B and C.

II. Appendix 1: contains detailed Technical Institutions (TI) programmes.

III. Appendix 2: contains detailed subjects of the Technical Programmes offered in Senior High Tech. Schools (SHTS).

IV. Appendix 3: Alternative School choice (each candidate is to select two (2) schools, 1 category B and 1 category C (Appendix 3). There are some category B and C schools which candidates may comfortably accept as alternative schools to their

V. Appendix 4: contains a list of Special Education Need (SEN) schools.

VI. Appendix 5: List of STEM Schools & SHSS offering STEM subjects.

SHS/SHTS selection guidelines

a) Select seven (7) schools in total, five (5) main, two (2) alternative schools.

i. Your five (5) main schools should be ranked in order of preference, with the 1st being the most preferred choice.

ii. Your two (2) alternative schools should be selected from Appendix “3” for consideration if not placed in any of your five

b) Select programmes and residential preferences for each choice of school (3 Boarding and 2 day).

c) Candidates may select one (1) category B school as Boarding and another category B school as Day.

d) Candidates may select one (1) category C school as Boarding and another category C school as Day. Note that a candidate placed in any of their choices will NOT be changed.

How to search for SHS/SHTS at GES School Directory

1. Visit the GES website

2. Click on School Data

3. Select the Region (e.g., Ashanti)

4. Select District

5. Select School type (e.g., Senior High School)

6. Click on the Search button for all Senior High Schools in the region and district selected to show

Conditions for SHS/SHTS Selection

a. Must choose Six (6) schools (1st – 6th choices ) in all. Candidates with guidance and assistance from parents/guardians and school authorities:

b. Must select programmes and accommodation for each selected school

c. Must choose a compulsory day as the 6th choice (Catchment Area School) or choose a boarding School from the list of schools in Appendix 3.

d. Must list 1st – 5th choices in order of preference

e. Candidates who wish to offer purely TVET Programmes must select all six(6) TVETs schools from Category A, B and C as Day or Boarding

f. Cannot choose more than one (1) School from Category A

g. Cannot select more than two (2) schools from Category B

h. May select five (5) choices from Category C and one (1) from Category D (Day) or Appendix 3 (Special Boarding)

NB: Before making any selection of schools and programmes offered in these schools, parents are advised to note that all schools selected (1st to 6th) are considered in the placement of candidates.