The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the release of the 2020 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). The placement will go live on Sunday, February 28.
GES announces release of SHS placement
In a statement issued by the GES, it disclosed that 494,530 candidates out of 533,693 candidates who are qualified for the 2020 School placement, only “343,264 have automatically been placed in one of their choices.
Thus 151,266 qualified candidates were not placed in any of their five school choices and would have to use the self placement module to get placed.
To check your placement status, obtain a Placement Pin from approved vendors and log onto the school placement portal at https://cssps.gov.gh/ to check it.
Students upon logging onto the portal are to key in their index number plus 20 for those who sat for the examination in 2020. Pin code space on the portal, candidates are to key in their PIN CODE bought to proceed.
Those not automatically matched with schools of their choice can also go for self-placement into any school as many times as they wish until they enroll in a school.
“Management of Ghana Education Service wishes to assure all students, especially, those who could not be matched with their choices during the automatic placement, parents and the general public that all schools with vacancies have been uploaded on the portal for students to select from during self-placement without hitches.”
“Students and parents who have issues are to call the GES Call Center when the placements are released so that their concerns can be addressed.
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Source: Ghanaeducation.org
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