Why 2022 BECE graduates will be disappointed with school placement: How to avoid it

There are very good reasons why 2022 BECE graduates will be disappointed with school placement when it is finally out in early 2022. However, candidates and parents can take proactive steps to avoid this and the need to do a self-placement. Keep reading as we share useful tips and information based on experience.

Every year, after the BECE, the release of results is followed by the release of their school placement by the MoE and the Free SHS Secretariat via their CSSPS portal. Do not play with the 2022 School selection or else you will be disappointed.

The picture above shows distressed and worried parents and candidates who missed school placement and had to travel across the country to the Independence Square in Accra to get placed in a secondary school. Are you ready for this avoidable stress? Certainly not, hence take the pieces of advice offered here and make good choices and decisions.

Unfortunately, there are students who fail to get placed in any of the 6 six secondary schools they chose. Often this is not because they did not do well per the requirements for placement, but rather because the choices made were not done properly.

Why 2022 BECE graduates will be disappointed with school placement: How to avoid it

This year’s school selection will start on 31st October and end on 18th November, and 2022 BECE graduates will be disappointed with school placement if the following are not considered during school selection. Make sincere 2022 school selection based on the following

#1. Do not make the mistake of going after only Boarding schools in your school choices.

Parents and candidates must note that there is great competition for boarding schools. The fact is, there is more competition for boarding school enrolment than Day schools. Nearly every JHS graduate who will be choosing or selecting a school from options 1 to 5 will love to attend boarding school. This has been the trend all these years, even before the Free SHS was fully introduced in 0217. The competition is great hence to avoid this to some extent, candidates should opt for day schools that are closer to them and within a radius of 16 km so that they can commute from home daily. Better still, choose at least three schools that are within your community or which will require less transportation cost to commute to school and back home daily. Those who end up choosing boarding accommodation for nearly all schools may not be placed in such schools if there are other candidates who performed better than you.

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#2. Never choose schools without using the YES Cluster Option, although it is not compulsory

Choosing schools without opting for the new feature called the Cluster Option will put your school choices at risk, just like the other candidates who obtained between grade 9 and 15 but were not placed in any of their choices and have to either choose new schools through the self-placement or end up attending private SHS. We encourage candidates to make good use of this option when they make choices in Category A, B, or C. A word to the wise is sufficient…

#3. Do not chase after over-subscribed category A schools as choice 1, be smart.

Another mistake to avoid as a student or a parent is to make sure, you do not necessarily choose schools from category A. If you know from the last year that, your BECE graduate has never made a grade between 5-ones and 9-ones, do not burden yourself with stress by choosing a school from category A as your first choice. Instead, start thinking of making your choices from category B. There are candidates who may not qualify enough for schools in category B, why not start making your choices from category C? Avoid all the stress of missed opportunities by starting the school selection based on your academic strengths and not your taste.

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We hope these suggestions will be taken into consideration by all students and parents. Now that it is clear why 2022 BECE graduates will be disappointed with school placement, let us help ourselves and the MoE to make the school selection process full of good choices are careful thinking.

The decision is yours to make.