Post-results school selection policy caused placement crisis – Kingsley Agyemang
Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South and member of Parliament’s Education Committee, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has criticised the government over the 2026 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) exercise, saying the current crisis was foreseeable. The MP said he warned in April that the government’s decision to allow candidates to select senior high schools after receiving their…
Dr Kingsley Agyemang, a Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South and Education Committee member, has criticized the government's 2026 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) policy. He warned that allowing candidates to choose senior high schools after receiving their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results could cause significant issues.
Agyemang described the policy as a "backward approach" and said the large number of candidates unable to secure their preferred schools demonstrated the system's weaknesses. The B.E.C.E. results were not impressive, with many students failing to be placed in any of their chosen schools, he said. Agyemang pointed out that if more students saw their results and chose Category A schools, it would exacerbate the situation.
He noted that 313,283 candidates selected Category A schools as their first choice, but only 76,417 vacancies were available. Agyemang questioned how over 200,000 candidates could be placed in Category A schools when there were only 76,000 vacancies. The Ministry of Education maintains that the issue is not a shortage of places but a mismatch between vacancies and candidates' preferred schools.
Deputy Education Minister Dr Clement Abas Apaak stated that while 859,828 vacancies had been declared in secondary schools, fewer candidates were actually placed due to preference mismatches.
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