A total of 483,800 candidates who sat for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) have secured placement into senior high schools (SHSs), senior high technical schools (SHTSs), and technical and vocational institutions (TVIs) under the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
The figure represents 82% of the 590,309 qualified candidates out of the 603,328 students who wrote the exam this year. Of those placed, 248,038 are females, accounting for 51.4% of the total.
Self-Placement for 107,509 Students
Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, announced at a press conference in Accra yesterday that 107,509 candidates (18.2%) could not be matched with their initial school choices due to high demand for certain Category A schools.
To address this, the self-placement portal has been activated to allow such students to select schools with available vacancies.
Dr. Apaak revealed that, for the first time, the Free SHS Programme is piloting 70 private SHSs, now accessible via the portal. Government will cover the fees of enrolled students at these schools at the same rate as public institutions.
In total, this year’s placement covers 724 public SHSs and SHTSs, 233 TVIs, and 70 private SHSs.
Support and Resolution Centres
To ease the process for parents and guardians, resolution centres have been set up at the district, regional, and national levels, with the GNAT Hall in Accra serving as the national resolution hub.
The Deputy Minister cautioned parents against paying money to unauthorized persons in exchange for school placements.
“Placement is absolutely free. Anyone soliciting payment should be reported immediately to the police or the Office of the Special Prosecutor,” Dr. Apaak stressed.
He urged stakeholders—parents, teachers, and communities—to support students to ensure the placement exercise contributes to both their success and Ghana’s progress.
Background
The 2025 BECE was written by 603,328 candidates—297,250 males and 306,078 females—from 20,395 schools across 2,237 examination centres.
In August, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) released the results, with sanctions applied to some candidates. Results of 177 candidates were cancelled, while 718 others had some subject results annulled. The entire results of 93 candidates were withheld, alongside subject results of 1,240 candidates for further investigations.
Additionally, WAEC cancelled subject results of some candidates from 119 schools and withheld those from 87 schools pending review.
Source – My News Ghana
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