It takes 3 days for school changes to update on CSSPS portal – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says changes made to school, residential status, or course on the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) may take up to three (3) days to be reflected on students’ CSSPS dashboards.

In an interview, Daniel Fenyi, Head of Public Relations, stated that although changes are implemented immediately on their end, it takes some time for these updates to reflect on the CSSPS portal for students to see.

“So what happens is that a maximum of 3 days if your concern is taken at the resolution centre, you should see the changes reflect, however we also admit that we are dealing with the internet, networl and computers system so at our end we many have effected the concern you have broght but between us and sthe students issue of internet and network sometimes drag the update beyond the three days,” he said.

The GES spokesperson’s comment follows concerns from parents who visited the CSSPS resolution centre to address issues with their wards’ placements, but have yet to see the updates reflected.

For instance, on a blog post on Pretertiary.com, a parent commented, “Do I have a chance of changing my residency status from day to boarding, because I went to the resolution center and they said they are on it, but still it does not show up on the CSSPS portal that it has been changed.”

In other news, the Deputy National Coordinator for the Free SHS Secretariat, Dr. Belinda Glover, has saidthat  about 95% of parents who visit the various school placement centres are seeking transfers from one Category of school to another.

“The major issue is those who are coming here with the grades that can not take them to the school that they want to go to. But remember, it’s a system, it’s an algorithm that places you where your grade can take you

It’s not about I have not been placed, it’s not about I can not get a school, but it’s a change of school, so it means the person has already been assigned a school but doesn’t like it,” the Free SHS coordinator said.

A total of 590,309 BECE candidates this year qualified for second-cycle school (SHS/TVET) placement. Out of this, 483,800 were placed automatically, while 107,000 secured schools through self-placement.

According to the Ministry of Education, of the 483,800 BECE graduates who secured automatic second-cycle school placement, 234,783, representing 48.6% were boys, and 248,038, representing 51.4% were girls.

It indicated that 82 per cent (82%) of qualified students who sat for the 2025 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have been placed in their first-choice second-cycle schools.

This year, a total of 603,328 candidates, comprising 297,250 males and 306,078 females, from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) 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.