Charge ¢10,000 For Category ‘A’ School Placement – Government Told

The ministry of Education have been urged by Lawyer Anokye Frimpong to charge GH¢10,000 for Category ‘A’ schools. He believes that this will generate more revenue to improve infrastructure development in schools across the country.

According to him, the payment will prevent parents from paying money to individuals “sitting behind computers” for placement of their wards in category A schools.“We don’t need an across-board free Senior High School education.

With certain schools, the government should charge fees per term up to about GH¢10,000 and this money going to people in computer rooms would rather go to the government”, he told Kafui Dey on the ‘GTV Breakfast Show.’He made this statement at the back of the investigative piece by the Fourth Estate dubbed

“School Placement for Sale.”In the exposè, parents were seen paying money to some individuals who claimed to be working at the Ministry of Education for the placement of their wards in Category A schools.Anokye added that the categorisation of schools in the country does not augur well for Ghana’s educational system because the parents will always pursue Category A schools for their wards.

Already, the Ministry of Education has announced that 2023 school placement for 2022 BECE graduates will be released before the close of February, 2023. This means students should expect to be placed in various Senior High Schools of TVET institutions by the close of February.

This was said by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Kwasi Kwarteng, during a conversation Monday.

According to him, the Ministry is working effectively and is looking forward to releasing the placements by the end of February.

“The Ministry of Education is working very hard to make sure that we release the placement very soon. Hopefully, within the coming weeks, the placements should be ready.”

Adding to that, he stated that “the date has not been agreed upon yet, so I can’t be emphatic, but it’s surely going to be this February.”

For this reason, BECE candidates are to note the following important information:

Important Message To All 2022 BECE Graduates Waiting For Their School Placement

1.  Parents are advised to start preparing for the purchase of provisions and other requirements for their children.

2. Also, prospective Senior High School students, parents/guardians and the general public are hereby cautioned against any form of payment to unscrupulous individuals, offering to secure their preferred choice of school during the 2023 Computerised School Placement into Senior High/TVET Schools

3. School Placement is free. The Senior High School you will be placed will not charge you any fees. However, you may be given some items to buy as part of the items in the school’s prospectus.

4. School rules and regulations is quite similar to that of the Junior High Schools. Discipline is key. Lateness to school or to class is prohibited.

5. Students who are interested in STEM education are entreated to visit the placement website (www.stem-ssp.com.gh) to select their schools of interest accordingly.