We’ll resolve SHS/TVET placement issues before October 18 – MoE

The Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Clement Apaak, says efforts are underway for all issues related to the 2025 second-cycle school (SHS/TVET) placement process to be resolved by the Computerised School Selection and Placement (CSSPS) Secretariat.

During a visit to a placement resolution centre, GNAT Hall in Accra, he said the placement issues will be addressed before the October 18, 2025, date for first-year students to report to their various placed schools.

“We will address all issues. So be rest assured that by the time our wards are expected to report which is this time next month, October 18 – many of these issues, if not all, will be resolved,” Dr Apaak said.

The Deputy Education Minister added, “So, we want to thank you all for the trust and the faith and to urge you all to continue to stay calm. We will do our best to serve you, because we are here to serve you.”

The Education Minister reminded parents and guardians that the 2025 second-cycle school placement is free and cautioned against making payments to individuals in exchange for school placement.

Relatedly, Dr Clement Apaak, speaking on Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, at a press briefing, said 483,800 candidates (82%) have been successfully placed into Senior High Schools, Senior High Technical Schools, and TVET institutions.

Of the 483 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) students placed, the Deputy Minister in Charge of Education said 248,038 are females (51.4%), and 234,783 are males (48.6%).

“As a nation, we must acknowledge that while access to secondary education is expanding, the demand for certain top-tier schools remains higher than their available capacity.

It is therefore important that we manage expectations and, more importantly, work together to strengthen all schools,” the Minister for Education told journalists at the press conference.

He said the self-placement portal has been activated for qualified candidates who were not automatically placed, encouraging them to log onto the system and select from schools with available vacancies.

“This year, as part of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme, we are piloting 70 private Senior High Schools (private SHSs) to provide more opportunities for students.

Placement is free. I reiterate the caution to parents and guardians against paying money to anyone. Any individual who demands payment must be reported to the police,” the Education Minister noted.

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.