BECE 2024 computer SHS/TVET placement will be smooth – GES Director

“We are promising parents that the placement will be smooth and there is, therefore, no need to be worried,” the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service Dr Nkansah has said assuring that his officers are well-prepared to handle any challenges.

Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the GES Director citing enough vacancies in various public second-cycle schools said all qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates will be placed by the computerised system.

Commenting on the national prospectus to be used by the BECE graduates to be admitted as first-year second-cycle school students, Dr Nkansah said the prospectus is in three categories, with each sub-divided into basic needs and cleaning materials.

“We do not want the situation where previously, each student was made to buy a tall list of cleaning materials and that is why we have grouped the items into three,” the GES Director-General told the Graphic newspaper.

Categories

Category ‘A’ covers 27 basic items such as a hard body suitcase or trunk, chop box or hard plastic container, toiletries, beddings, a pair of footwear (school-specific), underwear, cutlery, and other educational materials such as mathematical set and scientific calculator, among others.

For Category B, which is cleaning materials, the GES has listed three different groups. Students who would be categorised under group one would be required to take along a pair of hand gloves (hard), liquid soap (5 litres) and one kilogramme of washing powder.

Students categorised under group two would be required to buy one bleach (small size), one dustpan, one long-handle broom and one scrubbing brush,

He indicated that first-year students under group three would be required to buy one standing mop and mop bucket, one duster and one short local broom.

Day students

Under Category ‘A’, all-day students are expected to have one mathematical set and a scientific calculator, decent sandals (school-specific – No embellishment), decent sneakers (black or white) and a school bag.

However, for the second category, which is cleaning materials, the three different groupings also apply.

The Director-General of the Education Service reminded heads of schools that the harmonised prospectus automatically replaced the school-specific prospectus and appealed to them to comply.

He said heads of government second cycle schools are to revert to his office or their districts or regional directors if they have any concerns or challenges.