All the schools a candidate chooses from Category A to D are competitive and so any candidate can miss all 6 schools chosen during the 2023 BECE School selection. To avoid this, kindly be extra careful with the choices you make and check out these Follow these 11 dos and don’ts of 2023 BECE school selection or suffer
To avoid this kind of situation, kindly take advantage of the newly introduced cluster option. Check how this works here (How to use 2023 School Selection Cluster Option: Benefits for Students & Parents
If missed out on all my 6 choices, what do I do?
Candidates who miss out on all their choices after the automatic placement system is done, still have the opportunity to select schools with vacancies available through the self-placement process.
Can a candidate with good grades miss out on their first, second or all of their choices?
YES. All spaces in the schools are competitively filled taking into consideration the available spaces in the school (i.e. Preferred residential status and programme of choice).
READ: GES answers all 7 New FAQ 2021 School placement and self-placement questions
Hence, qualified candidates are ranked from the highest score to the lowest and it will cut off when the spaces are exhausted.
Those who did not get placements are then moved to their next school of choice to compete for space there, and the process continues further down the chain.
Read: Why 2023 BECE graduates will be disappointed with school placement: How to avoid it
Is it possible for someone with an aggregate 7 not to get access into a particular school but someone with aggregate 10 can get into that same school?
YES. Programmes selected, and residential status may differ from one candidate to the other. Therefore, the competition for slots may differ. For instance, in most cases, the Science programme of study is highly competitive over other programmes, and so is a Boarding accommodation status over a Day Status.
READ: 2023 School Selection Form From Free SHS Secretariat: Download Here
Now that is it very clear that you can miss all 6 schools you choose during the 2023 BECE School selection, be extra careful and make choices based on your academic strength and not your mere preference for a school. If you cannot make 5 to 9 ones, do not concentrate on choosing a category A school. There are more better schools in category B.
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