The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) following the release of the second cycle school placement of 2024 BECE graduates has released statistics of the computerised school placement results.
In a statement sighted by GhanaEducation.org, the Service said out of the 563,399 results received from the West African Examinations Council 553,155 candidates qualified for the placement into various public schools.
A total of 447,698 representing 80.93% of students the Ghana Education Service (GES) indicated have automatically been placed in one of their second-cycle schools choices selected during the school selection process.
However, it said 104,918 qualified candidates could not be matched to any of their choices. Out of this number, 73,390 (13.27%) qualified candidates have been placed in schools similar to those they selected, and such students are at liberty to accept or reject the offer.
“Once a student rejects the recommended school, he/she can select a school of their choice from the Self-Placement platform.
The total number of students placed in schools is 521,088, representing 94.20%. The students who were not placed must visit the Self-Placement platform to select a school of their choice,” GES said in the press statement.
A total of 569,236 candidates, comprising 282,703 males and 286,533 females from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating Junior High Schools (JHSs) entered for the school examination.
This includes fifty-nine (59) candidates with visual impairment, two hundred and sixty-three (263) with hearing impairment and one hundred and sixty-one (161) candidates with other test accommodation needs.
The examination was conducted at Two thousand, one hundred and twenty-three (2,123) centres across the country. Out of the total number, three thousand, eight hundred and forty-five (3,845) candidates were absent
The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of one thousand, three hundred and ninety (1,390) candidates. This was made up of seven hundred and fifty (750) males and six hundred and forty (640) females
Fifteen (15) centres, mostly in the regional capitals, were used for the BECE for Private Candidates. Out of the total number of candidates who entered for the examination, fifty-seven (57) were absent.