Extend SHS 1 reopening over placement delay – Parents to MoE

Parents following the release of the 2021 school placement have petitioned the Ministry of Education to postpone the April 4, 2022 date first-year students are to report to school amid the 2021/2022 computer placement delay.

The management of the Ministry of Education (MoE) Friday released the school postings but later March 26, 2022, opened the computerized school placement portal for students to access their school placement at cssps.gov.gh.

In a statement copied to EducationWeb, the Ministry said 555,353 out of the 571,892 students who sat for the just-ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) qualified for postings into various public secondary schools.

“367,811 students were placed automatically in one of their preferred selected choices. About 187,542 candidates will be doing self-placement. 16,539 were denied placement amid their failure in English or Mathematics.” the release said.

But, some parents considering the delay in the release of the computer placement have urged the Ministry of Education to announce a new school reporting date for the next batch of Free SHS/TVET beneficiaries.

Asked if the Ministry has plans to communicate April 18, 2022, as the school reopening date for the first-year students, the deputy spokesman for MoE, Yaw Opoku Mensah told EducationWeb no such decision has been taken by his outfit.

How to check your BECE 2021 school placement

The next batch of Free SHS students are required to obtain a school placement E-voucher from an approved vendor before they can proceed to check their school posting on Saturday, March 26, 2022, following the below method:

• Visit the official computer placement portal cssps.gov.gh
• Click on check placement
• Enter your Index number and add 21 as your year of completion (e.g. 123456789021)
• Enter your placement card details (serial number and pin)
• Click on submit and wait for a new window to display your placement

Source: educationweb.com.gh

Education Ministry to release 2022 SHS placements today, 26/03/22

The Ministry of Education has announced that the 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and Placement Systems (CSSPS) for students into Senior High Schools (SHS) will be publicized today, Saturday, March 26.

According to the Ministry, 367, 811 candidates out of the 555,353 who qualified for the placement have been placed automatically into schools of their choice.

The remaining 187, 542 qualified candidates will, however, have to do self-placement to available schools since they could not be matched with any of their choices.

“The 2021/2022 Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) into Senior High Schools (SHS)/ Senior High Technical Schools (SHTS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutes, will go live on Saturday, March 26, 2022,” a statement from the Ministry and sighted by Citi News noted.

The Ministry of Education assured candidates of its commitment to ensure that all qualified candidates are placed successfully.

The public is assured of the Ministry’s commitment to ensure all qualified candidates are placed in SHS/SHTS/TVET institutions.

A call center with a toll-free number, 0302987654 has also been set up to address related concerns.

Last month, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) released the results of candidates who sat for the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Out of the results released, 138 candidates had their subject results cancelled for the offense of either bringing in foreign materials into the examination hall or colluding with other candidates.

2021 BECE Statistics

A total of 572,167 candidates made up of 287,730 males and 284,437 females entered the examination.

Among the registered candidates, 61 had visual impairment and 321 were identified with hearing impairment.

In addition, 86 candidates had special assessment needs due to other conditions.

The total entry figure was 7.61./0 higher than the 2020 entry of 531,707.

In all, 18,028 schools presented candidates for the examination, which was administered at 2,158 centres.

Out of the total number of candidates who registered, 7,315 (1.28%) were absent.

Source: Citinewsroom.com

2022 CSSPS SHS Placement List Is Now Out

The Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) has released its placement list for Senior High Schools (SHSs) 2022 yesterday around 19:00GMT. So far, the CSSPS has released 423out of 640 students requested by Tanyigbe Senior High School.

As it has been done every year, the CSSPS places students bit by bit into the various schools until it places all candidates to their respective schools. Students who have not been placed in any school due to their grades can also do Self-Placement to schools with vacancies. 

Meanwhile, candidates who have been placed in Tanyigbe Senior High School can enroll online (CSSPS website at maintenance mode now) without going to the school to complete the admission process due to distance. This does not replace the normal admission process, you can still come to the school, if you so wish.

The online admission portal enables only students who have been placed at Tanyigbe SHS to fill the online admission form with online processing fee.

Kindly click here to find a list of students placed in Tanyigbe SHS but yet to be enrolled into the system.  We will update this list anytime CSSPS updates our placement portal.

CSSPS SHS Placement Checker Portal 2021 – www.cssps.gov.gh

CSSPS Placement Checker 2021 | The Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) result placement checker for Senior High School (SHS) 2021/2022 has been enabled. Candidates can now check their BECE placement result on the portal following the guide below.

The Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) has not yet released the 2021 School Selection and Placement results for the 2021/2022 academic year. This guide was only obtainable last year.

The Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) is a system used by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to place qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates into Senior High School (SHS), Technical Institutes (TI) and Vocational Institutes.

HOW TO CHECK BECE PLACEMENT RESULTS ONLINE

In order for you to check your CSSPS placement online, follow the steps below:

• The first step is to ensure you have the placement checker, which we will be selling when it is available.
• Ensure that you have access to a computer that has Internet access.
• Using your computer, visit the CSSPS result checker online portal: http://www.cssps.gov.gh/ or https://www.cssps.org/
• Proceed to enter your BECE index number. It should be 10 digits. And also your year of examination. For example, if your index number is 1234567890 and the year of your examination is 2021, this is what you will input: 123456789021.
• On your checker, you will get a serial number. Enter the serial number found on top the scratch card in the field designated for it.
• Enter your PIN (Personal Identification Number) that will also be found on the scratch card you had purchased.
• After you are done, you then click submit. Be patient and wait for the results window to pop up. If you are successful, the CSSPS placement checker print form option will appear. Click on print to print out your form.

How to Check BECE Placement Results via Mobile SMS

If the above method doesn’t work, simply dial *447*160# to get your placement on your phone. OR

To receive details of their school placement: BECE Candidates can TEXT their 10-DIGIT INDEX NUMBER to short code 1060 to CONFIRM schools they chose for this year’s placement exercise.

For instance, if your index number is 1234567890, text 1234567890 to short code 1060 on all networks.

NOTE: Do not add [SPACE] anywhere, just text the 10-DIGIT INDEX NUMBER to the 1060 short code.

If that does not work each candidate can text their index numbers to the short code 1060 followed by the last two (2) digits of the year of completion on the following networks MTN, Vodafone, AirtelTigo and Kasapa.

That is you first text XXXXXXXXXXYY to 1060 where the ‘X‘ part represents your 10-Digit Index Number and the ‘Y‘ part represents the 2-Digit year of completion.

The process is not, however, completely fault proof.

You might experience some problems when going through this process.

The most common problem is when you submit your details but the system seems not to recognize your details. So when messages like this pop up “Sorry the Index Number, Scratch Card Number/PIN Number does not exist. Please look carefully and retype.

Do not panic you will get the placement form eventually. Try again using the same scratch card. Do not be tempted to buy another scratch card because the fault is not on the scratch card.

Some of the reasons you might be experiencing challenges printing your admission forms include:

• Large number: When a lot of people are checking their results on the website, it slows down. Therefore, you shouldn’t panic but just be patient
• Withheld results: You might also experience challenges if your results were received later than others. If the results are withheld, you can get them later so keep checking until you have them

Note: Keep trying since the systems might be very busy during peak times. If you are not getting any response then try at a later time.

 Source: GHstudents.com

GES backs rent payment for gov’t bungalows; says it’ll engage Teacher Unions

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says there is nothing wrong with deducting 10 per cent of the salaries of teachers and staff of Senior High Schools (SHS) occupying government bungalows.

It says, the move is part of the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament and also to prevent audit queries from the Finance Ministry.

The Western Regional branch of the GES had explained in a letter that the said 10% deduction forms part of the government’s efforts to streamline the anomalies with regard to the payment of rent for occupying schools or government bungalows.

But the GES at the national level in a separate statement issued today, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, said it fully supports the directive.

“Management of GES fully endorses the letter issued by its Western Regional Director and wishes to request all cost centre managers to be guided by the said Ministry of Finance’s circular as valid and enforceable.  This is necessary to avoid future queries and subsequent appearance before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on the subsequent.”

“We wish to reiterate that it is not the GES which is imposing the rent or determining how much is to be paid but purely being guided by the Ministry of Finance’s circular and the admonitions of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament”, the statement said.

Already, teacher unions have strongly condemned the directive arguing that the planned deduction is unfair to teachers, given the meagre salaries they receive for their services.

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) believes the move is needless, as the expected revenue from deductions will be minimal to support the government’s programmes.

With these issues, GES however says the unions will be engaged.

“Management of GES has taken note of the concerns raised by GNAT on behalf of the pre-tertiary education unions on this issue and will be meeting the leadership of the unions to discuss their concerns  in the coming days.”

‘We’ll fiercely resist the attempt to deduct rent from teachers’ salaries – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers, GNAT, has also kicked against the plan by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to deduct 10% of teachers’ basic salaries for the occupation of public bungalows.

According to the teacher union, the directive is against the spirit and letter of the Collective Agreement enacted between the Ghana Education Service and teacher unions in August 2020.

Source: Citinewsroom.com

Over 100 teachers have fled Bawku due to insecurity – GES

The Municipal Director of GES in Bawku, Azeriya Ayeriga, has indicated that his office has granted releases to over 100 basic school teachers.

According to Ayeriga, the teachers sort to leave Bawku because of the current insecurity caused by the constant fight between factions in the municipality, graphic online.com reports.  

The Municipal GES (Ghana Education Service ) Director also disclosed that parents had stopped about 2,247 pupils from going to school in order to keep them safe.

“For now, not less than 100 teachers have been released to other districts to teach, which has created a huge teacher deficit in the municipality with its negative consequences on teaching and learning … I must admit that teachers continue to besiege the offices of the GES to demand to be re-posted to schools they feel safe and secure in,” Ayeriga is quoted.

He added that “there is no way they (exodus of teachers) can be prevented since they require a safer and conducive working environment to work …. some teachers perceived to belong to any of the factions cannot go to certain schools for fear of being attacked.”

Meanwhile, the Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Haruna Iddrissu, has charged the Minister of Interior not to take the conflict in Bawku lightly due to the deteriorating situation.

According to him, he was frightened by what he saw in the area during his last visit to the region, hence the need for security agencies to take necessary steps to curb the brewing tension.

Source: Educationghana.org

2022/2023 SHS placement out next week

Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the Ghana Education Service (GES) will release the results of placement for Senior High Schools for the commencement of the 2022/23 academic year by the close of next week.

This follows the release of the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination results by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) in Accra on Monday, February 28.

The placement to be done by the Computerized School Placement System (CSPS) Secretariat will see students placed in the over 750 public Senior High Schools across the country.

Speaking to the Ghanaian Times via telephone, the Director-General of the GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwah said the service had already commenced with the selection and placement processes and all things being equal the list would be released for students to access their schools.

Falling short of providing the number of students to be placed for the 2022/23 academic year, he said the team was working everything out, stressing that “What we are currently doing is looking at the attrition figures to come out with the exact number of students who qualified for placement.”

Prof. Opoku-Amankwa said the service was working within its time-table to ensure that, the student go to school as scheduled.

He assured that all qualified students would be placed to enable them to have access to SHS under the government’s Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy.

A total of 572,167 candidates made up of 287,730 males and 284,437 females wrote the exams.

They included; 61 persons with visual impairment; 321 hearing impairment while 86 had special assessment needs due to other conditions.

The total entry figure was 7.61 per cent higher than the 2020 entry of 531,707 whereas in all 18,028 schools presented candidates for the examination, which was administered at 2,158 centres.

Out of the total number of candidates who registered, 7,315 (1.28 per cent) were absent.

Source: businessghana.com

CSSPS RE-ENTRY: 2018, 2019 & 2020 JHS graduates who could not enroll in SHS should take note

Those who wrote BECE in 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively but could not progress to Senior High School due to unforeseen circumstances qualify to complete the Re-entry Form.

Qualified Candidates should click here to download the reentry form, print and e-mail a scanned copy of the filled form to cssps2021@gmail.com before 15th March, 2022 for onward processing and placement by the Computerized Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) 

Qualified candidates who wish to be placed in SHS precisely in Tanyigbe Senior High school should kindly fill the form with the following information about the school.

• School Name: Tanyigbe Senior High School
• School Code:   0070112
• Category:         C

At Tanyigbe Senior High School, we offer the following programs (with their codes):

• 101 - Agriculture
• 201 - Business
• 401 - Home Economics
• 402 - Visual Arts
• 501 - General Arts

Meanwhile, we have enough vacancy for those who wish to be in the Boarding house - both Boys and Girls. Parents should adhere to this information because it is very urgent.

'It’s not worth it' — NAGRAT boycotts National Labour Conference

The National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT, says its decision not to attend the National Labour Conference is based on its conviction that the meeting was not meant to salvage the hardships facing teachers and ordinary government employees.

President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu says, although the group was invited, it did not honour it over concerns it will yield no positive results.

“We were invited, but NAGRAT and other unions decided to boycott. This is because we think the conference is not a true reflection of the problems that confront us and looking at the nature of these challenges that have to do with skyrocketing prices, dwindling values of our real incomes, difficult economic situations that have bedevilled us as workers, unstable pensions, we do not think this is the time to be holding press conferences”

“But rather a time for labour leaders and government to sit down and find practical solutions that are addressing the work situations in relation to price hikes, simply increasing workers’ emoluments and salaries and payment of it timeously, so I don’t think we must be engaged in a meeting for romantic talks, but the time has come for us to face the issues and address them to the wherewithal of the Ghanaian worker”, he said on Eyewitness News.

The government on Monday, February 28, 2022 opened a two-day National Labour Conference under the auspices of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and its Tripartite Constituents.

The event is being organized at Kwahu-Nkwatia in the Eastern Region under the theme, “Strengthening Tripartism for Peaceful Labour Relations and Resilient Economy”, to shape conversations on the labour front.

Issues that are dominating the discussions include the state of the economy, conditions of service of public sector workers, public sector salaries, labour productivity, labour dispute prevention and resolution, and sustainable pensions for all.

Source: citinewsroom.com