Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has strongly opposed moves to manipulate the placement of poorly performing students into top-tier senior high schools. He made it clear that his ministry would not allow students with very low grades to gain admission into Category A schools, describing such actions as unfair and unacceptable.
Speaking in Accra after receiving a report from the PTA Guidelines Committee, the Minister stated that it is unjustifiable for students with aggregates as low as 35 or 37 to be placed in elite schools that should admit students based on merit. According to him, such practices undermine the credibility of the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) and disadvantage more deserving candidates.
Mr. Iddrisu stressed that any individual found tampering with the CSSPS for personal or political gain will face strict consequences. He further assured the public that neither he, nor top officials of the Ghana Education Service, have access to interfere with the placement system. This safeguard, he explained, exists to ensure transparency and fairness so that no one can use influence or connections to secure school placements.
The Minister emphasized that education is a tool for national development, and merit-based placement ensures that the brightest students get access to the best schools to maximize their potential. He therefore called for collective responsibility to protect the integrity of the placement process.
Currently, out of 590,309 qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates, 483,800 have been successfully placed in schools, with the remaining students expected to complete the self-placement process.
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