School Placement update for 2021 BECE graduates | All you need to know

School Placement update for 2021 BECE: This article provides useful information to all BECE graduates waiting for the school placements.

School Placements for 2021 BECE graduates will be released by Ghana Education by the end of March 2021. Per the 2021 SHS academic calendar, 2021 BECE students whose results have been released by WAEC and their Private BECE colleagues will be expected to report to school on 4th April 2022.

We can confirm that the CSSPS portal has been updated and that all sections are working except the section for checking the 2021 School, placement. Students should get ready for an official update from the GES in the coming weeks.

2021 School Placement Release Date and Other Facts.

When will the 2021 School Placement Be Released? When will be school placement be out?

These are the two major questions on the lips of 2021 Junior High School graduates.

The truth is that the Ghana Education Service (GES) is yet to give an official date for the release of the school placements however, we project the release of schools into which private and school candidates to be out latest 29th March 2021. This means it will be released before or on this date.

The projected date is based on the 4th April 2022 reopening date announced by the GES.

For students who are calling for the remarking of their scripts, check the steps to follow to get it remarked in How to apply for BECE/WASSCE remarking. Note that, you have up to 30th April to apply for remarking of your scripts.

Would all BECE 2021 Graduates be placed in a school?

Although the Ministry of Education has added new public secondary schools and TVETS, not all students will gain Admission into Free SHS.
If you scored grade 9 in Integrated Science or Mathematics, you are not likely to be placed in a school.

Those who have had one or more of their results withheld or canceled are also not going to be placed in a school.

READ: 6 Reasons many 2021 BECE Students who passed would miss School Placement

If I am not placed in a secondary school, what are the options open to me?

For students who do not get placed into a secondary school through automatic placement may have the following options.

#Self Placement

What is the 2021-2022 BECE School Self-placement?

This is a second chance given to students to choose schools from those available plus accommodation type and Programme.

This option is given to students who passed the BECE but did not get placed in any of the six choices they made.

Once you check your school placement and you are not placed in any school of choice but you passed, the CSSPS portal may give you the option to do the self-placement.

Not all BECE graduates who are not placed get the opportunity to do the self-placement. However, if you have the chance to choose a school through the self-placement module but you fail to take advantage, the number of schools in the system will begin to reduce or schools will disappear from the system once all the slots available in the school have been selected by others through the self-placement.

We have provided the step-by-step process for doing a self-placement at the end of the post. Check it and follow the procedures.

#1 Gain Admission into a private SHS etc

The second option for those who are not placed in any school of choice is to gain Admission and get enrolled in a private senior high. Parents would have to pay the full fees of the student since such schools are not part of the government’s free SHS policy.

#2 Resit BECE as a private candidate

Those who failed or want to better their results, have to resit the private BECE organized by WAEC for JHS graduates and other private candidates.

#3 Learn a trade or acquire a skill

This means those who do not choose the other two alternatives may have to learn a trade as apprentices in tailoring, dressmaking, hairdressing, plumbing, or other alternatives.

Below are well-explained steps for doing a self-placement and checking your school placements. The information is based on what have been provided on the CSSPS portal.

How to check the 2021 BECE School Placement

To check the school you have been placed in, follow the steps below.

Go to one of the following websites once the school placements are released. www.csspa.gov.gh or www.cssps.org

Buy a placement check. According to information captured on the CSSPS portal, the placement card costs GHS5.00 and once you buy one, it can be used multiple times to check and print the relevant documents from the portal.

Now, that you have the 2021 BECE placement card, click on CHECK PLACEMENT on the portal.

Enter your 2021 BECE index number followed by the year you wrote the examination. For instance, if your Index number is 0025152468 you must enter all the digits in the correct order followed by 21. Thus your index number will now be 002515246821.

Key in your 12 digit e-voucher code on the school placement card.

Click submit/check whichever is available to help you see your school placement status.

2021 BECE School placement guide to SELF PLACEMENT

Where students are not placed in any of their 6 choices, School Placement for 2021 BECE may require the student to do a self placement.

1.  Go to one of the following websites once the school placements are released. www.csspa.gov.gh or www.cssps.org  to do the self-placement.

2. Select the CHECK PLACEMENT MODULE and continue with the process.

3. Now on the 2021 BECE placement card, click on CHECK PLACEMENT on the portal.

4. Enter your 2021 BECE index number followed by the year you wrote the examination. For instance, if your Index number is 0025152468 you must enter all the digits in the correct order followed by 21. Thus your index number will now be 002515246821.

5. Key in your 12 digit e-voucher code on the school placement card.

6. Click submit/check whichever is available to help you see your school placement status.

7. Once you have not been placed but have the option to do the self-placement, you will be directed automatically to the self-placement module.

8. Select the region you want to choose a school from

9. Choose or select one of the available schools, programs, and accommodation [Day or Boarding]

10. Confirm and print the placement.

Congratulations you have successfully done the self-placement.