Why 2023 School Placement Results May Delay And When It Will Be Released

by Rexford Dede Baah-Nyarkoh · November 14, 2023

All 2023 BECE candidates are currently awaiting the release of the 2023 school placement results. Some say the placement results have delayed. Others wish to know the date the placement results will be out. We’ve got you covered.

Here are some emerging reasons why the 2023 SHS placement is delaying.

1. Date in which BECE results were released.

The 2023 BECE results were released on 9th November, 2023. The Ghana Education Service use the aggregates of the candidates to place them. Since the results came few days ago, Ghana Education Service will need ample time for the placement to be released.

2. A lot more students are going to SHS this year

This is good news as more and more students are benefiting from the free senior high school policy. This year, a significant more people who completed JHS will be going to SHS, especially because it is free. For this reason, school placement will eventually take more time to make sure that each student is properly placed in senior high school.
GES will have to consider schools’ infrastructures before the placement is done, and this takes time.

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WHEN WILL THE SCHOOL PLACEMENT BE RELEASED?

The 2023 BECE or school placement is expected to be released before 25th November, 2023. Candidates are advised to prepare for the release.

ABOUT CSSPS

The Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) is an online portal designed for BECE graduates to access Senior High School (SHS) placement after their BECE results have been released by WAEC.

The CSSPS is done based on six subjects namely; English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science, Social Studies, and two additional best-performed subjects of a candidate.

Although there is no specific aggregate for school placement, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has over the year stated that candidates who had aggregate 9 in the English Language, or Mathematics will not qualify for placement.

The CSSPS policy guideline stated, candidates who obtained aggregate 9 in English Language or Mathematics which are the basic required subjects to qualify for placement, such candidate may not be placed by CSSPS.