2023 School Selection: How To Select A Private SHS

The 2023 School Selection process has began. The school selection process is when BECE graduates choose Senior High Schools they wish to be placed in during the school placement process.

This exercise takes place in various Regional, District Education Directorates and Schools.

However, all the schools on the selection list are schools that benefits from the free senior high school education. This means they are all government-owned. schools.

HOW CAN I GET ADMISSION INTO PRIVATE SHS

If you want to gain admission into any private senior high school in the country, you simply have to contact the school. Most of the private senior high schools do have websites that can make it easy for you to contact them. Here, BECE graduates make their own arrangements inorder to gain admission.

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SELECTION OF A PUBLIC SHS

As part of measures to ensure a smooth placement of qualified BECE candidates for 2023, the Ghana Education Service/ Technical and Vocational Education and Training Service (GES/TVETS) have put in place the following arrangements for the information of parents/guardians/teachers/candidates and the general public.

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 Grouping of Schools

All second cycle institutions have been grouped into CATEGORIES as follows:
I. Public Second Cycle Institutions: Four(4) groups namely Categories A, B, C and D.
I. All Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions have been categorised into A, B and C, and added to SHS/ SHTS

Also, One hundred and thirty nine(139) TVETS institutions previously under various ministries have been added 

Before Selection of Schools and Programmes

Before making any selection of schools and programmes offered in these schools, parents are advised to note that all schools selected (1st to 6th) are considered in placement of candidates.

Conditions for selection of schools

Candidates with guidance from parents/guardians and school authorities;

a. Must choose Six (6) schools (1st – 6th choices ) in all

b. Must select programmes and accommodation for each selected school

c. Must choose a compulsory day as 6th choice
d. Must list 1st – 5th choices in order of preference

e. Candidates who wish to offer purely TVET Programmes must select all six(6) TVETS schools from CATEGORY A, B and C as Day or Boarding

f. Cannot choose more than one (1) School from Category A

g. Cannot select more than two (2) schools from Category B

h. May select five (5) choices from Category C and One (1) from Category D (Day)