2023 SHS Placement: Likely school placements for all aggregates

The 2023 SHS Placement is expected to be released in February, but BECE graduates and parents must be wondering what the likely school choices the student may be placed in for their respective grades and raw scores.

Note that, the fact that all two or more candidates scored the same aggregate and chose the same school and programme does not guarantee that they will all be placed in the same school. The placement will often be based on the raw scores, and that will cause the students to be placed from the student with the highest raw score to the lowest for a particular school and programme until the available slots for each school or programme are exhausted.

Another reality is that not all BECE graduates who obtain let’s say aggregate 9 and chose PRESEC-Legon will be placed in that school. The program-specific competition, raw scores, accommodation choice and other factors will count. Someone may obtain 9 and choose General Arts and get placed. Another may obtain 8 and choose General Science and not get placed in the same PRESEC-Legon.

Again, during the school selection phase, the CLUSTER-based feature was introduced. Those who chose the cluster option under any category will be placed in another school in the same cluster if they are not placed in their preferred school. With this CLUSTER option, we expect that more BECE graduates will be placed in schools they did not choose. If this happens, there will be fewer students with the option to do self-placement.

Let us now take a look at the likely school choices for all aggregates during the 2023 SHS Placement

Note that, the details below may not be the case for all students, depending on the competition for the specific school and programme per school.

Aggregate range	Possible Placement (School Category)
06 to 10	1st Choice School Placement
11 to 19	2nd Choice School Placement
20 to 29	3rd and 4th Choice School Placement
30 to 35	5th Choice School Placement
36 plus	Self Placement or no school at all

 

Note that students who obtained grade 9 in English or Mathematics will not be placed

Candidates whose results are pending, withheld by WAEC or cancelled will not be placed

For more details on this, read this post :SHS Placement for 2023: Projected placement date to watch