GES gives a ‘deadline’ to release 2025 SHS/TVET placement results

The second-cycle school (SHS/TVET) placement results will be released by the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat on September 17, 2025, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES),  Professor Ernest Kofi Davis has said.

Speaking at a press conference on this year’s Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) he said the 2025 computer second cycle school placement will be fair and transparent.

Ahead of the second cycle school placement release, he said GES will introduce a special review window to minimise errors. From September 1 to September 8, 2025, candidates will be able to log on to the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) portal to verify their details, including gender, school code, and programme code.

“In order to reduce the errors associated with school placement, candidates will have the opportunity to review the entries they have made; gender, school code, programme code, online on www.csses.gov.gh.

This will be supported by an explainer video to guide parents. This exercise is expected on the 1st September and ends on 8th September.

The actual second cycle school placement exercise will commence on the 17th of September. Students are expected to report to campus and begin their studies between 18th to 20th October,” he stated.

Prof. Davis cautioned parents and candidates against making payments to secure placement in particular schools, stressing that the process will be fair, transparent, and merit-based.

A total of 603,328 candidates, comprising 297,250 males and 306,078 females, from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating Junior High Schools (JHSs) entered for the school examination.

This includes seventy-two (72 ) candidates with visual impairment, two hundred and thirty-nine (239) with hearing impairment, and one hundred and sixty-one (161) candidates with other test accommodation needs.

The examination was conducted at two thousand, two hundred and thirty-seven (2,237 ) centres across the country. Out of the total number, two thousand, five hundred and twenty-six (2,526) candidates were absent.

The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of one thousand, three hundred and ninety (1,661) candidates. This was made up of eight hundred and fifty-eight (858) males and eight hundred and three (803 ) females.

Fifteen (15) centres, mostly in the regional capitals, were used for the BECE for Private Candidates. Out of the total number of candidates who entered for the examination, fifty-seven (57) were absent.

In other news, a related to the CSSPS has said the Ghana Education Service and TVET and the Minister of Education have met with various security agencies to tackle cases of second-cycle school placement fraud and fraudsters.

“This year said four types of students will be processed for computer school placement, the type of students he said are regular students, private students, foreign students and re-entry students,” the source told Pretertiary.com.