What You Need To KNOW About SHS/TVET School Placement ( Answers to Your Questions are Here)
What You Need To KNOW About SHS/TVET School Placement
( Answers to Your Questions are Here)
Table 1: TOP 10 SUBSCRIBED SHS / SHTS / TVls
SN |
REGION |
SCHOOL NAME |
TOTAL SELECTION |
VACANCY |
% |
1 |
Ashanti |
Kumasi Senior High/Tech | 69,260 | 2,758 |
4% |
2 |
Central | Ghana National College | 39,898 | 1,447 |
4% |
3 |
Eastern |
Presby Senior High/Tech, Aburi | 33,751 | 972 | 3% |
4 | Ashanti | Adu Gyamfi Senior High | 33,701 | 1,748 |
5% |
5 |
Ashanti | KNUST Senior High | 31,477 | 1,514 | 5% |
6 |
Ashanti |
Obuasi Senior High/Tech | 27,737 | 1,949 | 7% |
7 | Ashanti | Anglican Senior High, Kumasi | 27,003 | 1,925 |
7% |
8 |
Ashanti | Kumasi Tech. Inst. | 26,366 | 1,634 |
6% |
9 |
Central | Aggrey Mem. A.M.E. Zion Snr. High | 26,129 | 1,419 |
5% |
10 | Ashanti | T.I Ahmediyya Senior High, Kumasi | 22,257 | 1,920 |
9% |
4.0 DOs AND DON’Ts OF SCHOOL PLACEMENT
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DOs
- Ensure you pay close attention to ALL of your school choices
Ensure that your compulsory Day option is within your catchment area where you can conveniently commute.
As a parent/guardian, you must take active interest in your child/ward’s school’s selection
Ensure that you consult your child/ward’s teacher to obtain a realistic prospect of the child’s chances of gaining admission to a particular school.
4.2 DON’Ts
- Do not outsource school selection to someone without your express
- Do not assume that you can choose a school as a Day Student and switch to Boarding upon
- Do not assume that you can choose a ‘less competitive’ Programme at a school and switch to a ‘more competitive’ one upon
- Do not choose schools based on where your friends are going or what programme they want to read.
5.0 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
These twelve (12) frequently asked questions and answers are provided here to help teachers, parents/guardians and students to appreciate the placement system,
1. I missed out on all my choices. What do I do?
Candidates who miss out on all their choices after the automatic placement system is done, still have the opportunity to select schools with vacancies available through the Self-placement process described earlier.
2. Can a candidate with good grades miss out on their first, second or all of their choices?
YES. All spaces in the schools are competitively filled taking into consideration the available spaces in the school (i.e. Preferred residential status and programme of choice). Hence, qualified candidates are ranked from the highest score to the lowest and the total vacancies declared for that programme determines the number to be placed. The rest of the candidates are moved to their next choice.
3. Is it possible for someone with aggregate 7 not get access into a particular school but someone with aggregate 10 can get into same school?
YES. Programmes selected and residential status may differ from one candidate to the other. Therefore, the competition for slots may differ. For instance, in most cases, the Science programme of study is highly competitive over other programmes, and so is a Boarding accommodation status over a Day Status.
4. candidate with Aggregate 10 got placed on a particular Programme and residential status and yet another with Aggregate 8 did not, even though they chose the same programme and residential statuses. How is this possible?
There is a protocol system of placement that allocates 5% of a school’s declared vacancies to the school for allocation to its stakeholders. It is therefore possible for the ward of an alumni or a staff member of the school to get admission at the same school. Other stakeholders include the Missions and the Traditional Seats of the relevant school. Talented candidates such as those good in Sports may also be considered by a school for some of its protocol slots. Similarly, 30% of spaces in the country’s top Category A schools have been reserved for candidates from public Junior High Schools. As such, candidates from Public Basic Schools across the country compete for the 30% of space. Hence, the competition for the 60% is different from the competition for the 30%.
4. Is it possible for someone who did not choose a particular school to be placed into that school?
It is not possible during the automatic placement process. However, a candidate can get placement into a school through ‘protocol’ placement procedures.
4. Can a person change school after enrolment?
No. The Placement process ends once a candidate begins the admission process by going to the school to complete the relevant form(s). Any movement from one school to another after enrolment is considered a transfer. A student can only transfer after one academic year.
5. Can a student change residential status or programme of study after placement?
- A candidate usually gets placed into a particular school based on their preferred programme and the residency. A candidate competes for a slot in a particular school based on the preferences provided. Therefore, neither the residency nor the programme of study can be changed.
6. Can I change a school I selected through self-placement?
YES. A candidate who got placed in a school through self-placement, can change the school on the portal so long as that candidate has not enrolled in a school.
7. I selected and was placed in a school that was on my list of school choices.
Can I change to another school?
- You cannot change to another school, if the school was one of the six schools you chose.
8. Can I be enrolled into a school when I or a representative of mine is not present?
- For enrolment to be successful, the school will need the student’s unique ID, address and details of their parents or guardian, and phone number. Once a candidate or parent/guardian submits their forms to the school placed, the school uses the information provided on the forms to enroll the candidate. Therefore, it is not possible for a school to get all such personal information of a candidate without the candidate or a representative being present in the school.
9. I was enrolled in a school but my name can no longer be found on their system. What can be done?
If indeed a candidate was enrolled in a particular school but the details can no longer be found on the school’s system, the Head of the school will formally report to the appropriate office for redress. The candidate should not be sent away from the school.
10. The head of the school I want my child/ward to attend says there is space in the school. Can the child be placed there on this basis?
Schools have established ways of communicating to authorities. Placement is done on the basis of the vacancies declared by the schools. Once those vacancies have been filled by the CSSPS in that school, we are unable to do any further placements in the school.
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