{
  "id": 6617534,
  "title": "Mass exodus hits category C and D schools, heads scout for students at Kumasi Resolution Centre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/mass-exodus-hits-category-c-and-d-schools-heads-scout-for-students-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T17:31:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/mass-exodus-hits-category-c-and-d-schools-heads-scout-for-students-at-kumasi-resolution-centre/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mass exodus hits Category C and D schools as authorities swarm the Kumasi Resolution Centre seeking students for their vacancies. The Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) saw first-year students change placements, with many now opting for better-performing schools. The headmasters of affected schools lament that students with excellent grades, especially those with single-digit aggregates, are consistently leaving their institutions. The resolution centre, intended for resolving genuine technical issues, is being misused to facilitate school changes. Rev. Nicholas Adu Berko, headmaster of Mansoman Senior High School, implores the Ghana Education Service to dissolve the centre or direct students with genuine concerns to them directly. Reverend Berko's school, classified as Category C, struggles to attract students despite having adequate resources, due to the perception that lower-ranked schools are inferior.",
  "summary": "Authorities of “Category C and D” senior high schools in the Ashanti Region have besieged the Kumasi CSSPS Resolution Centre in search of students to fill vacancies in their schools. This follows the mass departure of first-year students placed in their schools through the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). According to the school […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Mass exodus hits Category C and D schools as heads scout for students at Kumasi centre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/mass-exodus-hits-category-c-and-d-schools-as-heads-scout-for-students",
        "published": "2026-09-10T16:48:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}