BECE SHS School Selection For JHS 3 Date Announced
BECE SHS School Selection For JHS 3 Date Announced: Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) wishes to inform you that the 2023 school selection and placement sensitization exercise will start on Monday, September 11, 2023, and run until Friday, September 22, 2023. Consequently, officers from GES Headquarters, CSSPS, and the Free SHS Secretariat will be in your Region to conduct the training exercise.
The following officers are to be part of the participants to be trained for the
sensitization exercise:
| REGIONAL TEAM | DISTRICT TEAM |
| REGIONAL DIRECTOR | DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUPERVISION & MONITORING |
| CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS | EXAMINATION OFFICER |
| FREE SHS COORDINATOR | SISOS |
| EXAMINATION OFFICER | PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER |
| PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER |
GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE
COMPUTERISED SCHOOL SELECTION & PLACEMENT SYSTEM 2023 SCHOOL SELECTION TRAINING & SENSITIZATION
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
| S/N | ACTIVITY | TARGET GROUP |
| 1. | REGIONAL LEVEL TRAINING | REGIONAL / DISTRICT OFFICERS |
| 2. | REGIONAL LEVEL TRAINING | REGIONAL OFFICE STAFF / GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 3. | DISTRICT LEVEL TRAINING /SUPERVISION / RADIO | CANDIDATES / GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 4. | DISTRICT LEVEL TRAINING /SUPERVISION / RADIO | SISOS & HEADTEACHERS |
| 5. | DISTRICT LEVEL TRAINING /SUPERVISION / RADIO | SISOS & HEADTEACHERS |
| 6. | RELIGIOUS / ORGANIZED GROUP VISITS | GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 7. | RELIGIOUS / ORGANIZED GROUPS VISITS | GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 8. | ONE MAJOR RADIO PROGRAMME (MORNING SHOW) | GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 9. | CIRCUIT LEVEL SUPERVISION / RADIO | DISTRICT LEVEL OFFICERS / GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 10. | CIRCUIT LEVEL SUPERVISION / RADIO | DISTRICT LEVEL OFFICERS / GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 11. | CIRCUIT LEVEL SUPERVISION / RADIO | DISTRICT LEVEL OFFICERS / GENERAL PUBLIC |
| 12. | SCHOOL LEVEL SUPERVISION | CANDIDATES and PARENTS |
| 13. | SCHOOL LEVEL SUPERVISION | CANDIDATES / PARENTS |
N.B
You are kindly requested to hold on till the trainer of trainers workshop by headquarters before embarking on the selection of schools
Computerized School Selection and Placement Systems (CSSPS) Guidelines for Selection of Schools for Placement 2023
As part of measures to ensure a smooth placement of qualified BECE candidates for 2023, the Ghana Education Service and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Service (GES/TVETS) have put in place the following arrangements for the information of parents/guardians/teachers, candidates, and the general public.
Grouping of Schools
A.
All second cycle institutions have been grouped into CATEGORIES as follows:
I. Public Second Cycle Institutions: Four (4) groups, namely Categories A, B, C, and D
I. All Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions have been categorised into A, B and C, and added to SHS/ SHTS
B. Updates Added
I. One hundred and thirty-nine (139) TVETS institutions previously under various ministries have been added
II. Appendix 1: contains Detailed Technical and Vocational Education and Training Service (TVETS) programmes
III. Appendix 2: contains detailed subjects of the Technical programs in the Sec/Tech. institutions
IV. Appendix 3: Special Boarding Schools for the Sixth (6th) Choice
V. Appendix 4: contains list of Special Education Division (SPED) Schools
V. Sample choice: Some examples of correct and wrong choice patterns
VI. Some schools have been moved to different Categories (recategorized)
C
Before Selection of Schools and Programmes
Before making any selection of schools and programmes offered in these schools, parents are advised to note that all schools selected
(1st to 6th) are considered in placement of candidates.
D
Conditions for selection of schools
Candidates with guidance from parents/guardians and school authorities;
a. Must choose Six (6) schools (1st–6th choices ) in all
b. Must select programmes and accommodations for each selected school
c. Must choose a compulsory day as 6th choice (Catchment Area School) or choose boarding School from the list of schools in Appendix 3
d. Must list 1st – 5th choices in order of preference
e. Candidates who wish to offer purely TVET programs must select all six (6) TVET schools from CATEGORY A, B and C as Day or Boarding
f. Cannot choose more than one (1) School from Category A
g. Cannot select more than two (2) schools from Category B
h. May select five (5) choices from Category C and One (1) from Category D (Day) or Appendix 3 (Special Boarding)
NB// PRIVATE SHS and PRIVATE TVET SCHOOLS are not BENEFICIARIES of FREE SHS
Candidates who desire to pursue courses in private schools should make their own arrangements with the Private SHS
or PRIVATE TVET.
Parents are supposed to supervise their awards in the selection and filling process, sign and submit forms to the current junior high schools.
Download GES SHS Selection Register
The list contains a total of 645 senior high schools, grouped based on categories (A-D) and across all the regions. It also contains a list of programmes for private senior high schools. Additionally, it contains the list of public technical institutions and their courses.
Private candidates should see the SHS selection process for guidelines on how to select their preferred school.
NOTE: Regardless of the categories chosen, candidates must arrange their choices in order of preference
Further Readings >>List Of Secondary Schools In Ghana
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