How to check and confirm 2021 BECE School placement choices

The latest update from the Ghana Education Service to 2021 BECE candidates waiting for their results is that candidates are to check and confirm their 2021 BECE School placement choices.

Start and End date for checking and confirming 2021 BECE School placement choices

According to the communique, candidates, parents, and guardians are to check and confirm their school choices from Wednesday, 16th February to Tuesday 22nd February 2022.

How to check and confirm their 2021 BECE School placement choices

The Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat will send a bulk text message to all parents which will contain all the six schools candidates selected during the school selection phase.

Parents are to check the schools against the choices they made through the schools of their wards and confirm if the choices are accurate or not.

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Where the school options captured and sent to the Free SHS secretariat are wrong, corrections need to be made.

Follow the steps below to check and confirm the schools you chose.

• Parents and candidates can dial *899*88# and follow the instructions to verify choices made via USSD.
• Or visit In addition, the online portal option can also be accessed via https://csspsverify.com and Enter your index number & date of birth to see your selections, changes can be made from your school administrator.

When you visit the portal do the following

a. Enter your 2021 BECE index number

b. Enter your date of birth as a candidate

c. Enter your Momo number

d. Click on the Generate Access Token

e. Once the token is sent to your  phone number, now click the ‘Fetch candidates selection’ button

This should reveal all your choices submitted by your Junior High School.

Please note after entering your index number and date of birth to see your school selections, changes can be only made by your school administrator. Immediately report any error or mistake detected in your selections to your school.

The details that can be corrected include schools selected, accommodation, programme choices, and the likes.

Why am I not able to see my schools after going through the School Choices Verification steps?

There are reasons why your attempts to see the schools you have selected are unsuccessful. A wrongly entered Index number or date of birth can prevent you from successfully checking the schools.

Again, entering the wrong Token or Code could be a factor or your inability to receive the token for the process.

Some parents and guardians may be unsuccessful with their School Choices Verification if the traffic to the site is so high making it difficult for the site to process all requests.

Finally, if the Ministry of Education has not activated the School Choices Verification from its end, every effort you put in may yield no positive result.

What to do if you have the Token for School Choices Verification

If you have the token already, then click on [Already have token].

a. Go to https://csspsverify.com/alreadytoken

b. Enter your phone number, correct date of birth, and the token sent to you.

c. Now click the ‘Fetch candidates selection’ button

This will reveal all schools you have selected which have been uploaded on the portal.

Cross-check to make sure every information about your choices captured by your school is correct. If you detect any errors, get in touch with your school.

Information that can be edited for students

The details captured can be edited or removed and replaced with the correct school choices. Other changes that can be made include all other corrections such as program and accommodation options. Take note that, changes can be only made by your school administrator. Immediately report any error or mistake detected in your selections to your school.

Follow the rest of the procedure to make the needed corrections

Parents, candidates, and teachers are to be informed, that a bulk SMS of the schools selected will be sent to the contact numbers provided by candidates during the school selection. Candidates are to check and immediately notify their various Heads of schools of any error found for corrections to be made.

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Candidates should note that this is not a new process of school selection and therefore schools cannot be changed except there is an error that needs to be rectified.

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Now that Ghanaeducation.org has simplified the steps on how to check and confirm 2021 BECE School placement choices. Go ahead and follow the steps to ensure you check and correct errors in your school choices if any.

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