Review SHS placement policy to give more BECE candidates access – Kwesi Kwarteng
Former Ministry of Education Public Relations Officer, Kwesi Kwarteng, has urged the government to review the current Senior High School (SHS) placement criteria to create opportunities for more BECE candidates to continue their education. He is particularly advocating a gradual reversal of the requirement that candidates must pass both English Language and Mathematics to qualify […]
Former Ministry of Education Public Relations Officer, Kwesi Kwarteng, has called for a review of the current Senior High School (SHS) placement criteria to ensure more Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates have access to continue their education. Approximately 55,000 candidates who sat for the 2026 BECE were excluded from the SHS/SHTS placement process.
Kwarteng argues that the number of candidates left out should not be considered as evidence that they failed the BECE, but rather that the placement policy is too strict. He advocates for a gradual return to previous placement policies that allowed students to proceed if they passed either English or Mathematics. Kwarteng believes that targeting only students who fail both subjects is counterproductive and risks unfairly shutting out competent students.
He also suggests that the current requirements could be serving as an indirect cut-off mechanism to control the number of students entering SHS.
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