The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, has disclosed that the 2026 BECE candidates will select two Category A Senior High Schools.
According to the GES Director-General, the 2026 BECE candidates’ school selection process requires candidates to choose two Category A Senior High Schools, one boarding and one day within their locality.
Professor Ernest Kofi Davis disclosed that the move forms part of measures to improve the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
He disclosed that candidates will now select a total of eight schools.
Also, the reforms introduce greater flexibility in the selection of Category B and Category C schools.
Candidates will now have room to make choices that reflect their preferences and realistic placement prospects.
Professor Ernest Kofi Davis further disclosed that the reform was informed by challenges observed in previous years, including congestion in Category A schools.
In related news, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has announced that BECE candidates will now select their preferred Senior High schools (SHS) after results are released.
According to the Education Minister, the move is aimed at helping students make more informed choices based on their actual performance.
He revealed that candidates will be given a one-week window after the release of results to select schools.
Speaking during a media briefing on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “In the past, students selected schools without knowing their aggregate, and that affected the placement system.
This time, we will provide a mandatory period of one week after results are declared for students to confirm their choices based on their performance”.
It will be recalled that in 2025, Parents and their wards in hundreds on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, besieged the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Hall in Accra over the 2025 BECE placement.
The parents, accompanied by their children, expressed frustration over the BECE placement.
Some parents expressed frustration over challenges of misplaced placements and difficulties in accessing schools their wards have been placed in.
One parent stated, “I came here to change the school that the system gave to my son. Since we got here, the queue has been just overwhelming.
“My ward got St Fidelis SHS. I don’t even know where that school is located. I wish he attended the school close to us, and particularly, we want a day school.
“With the pace at which the queue is moving, I doubt they will be able to attend to us today. Even if they stick to the one-week timeline they gave, I doubt they can attend to all of us,” he said.
Some parents also alleged that the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) made errors that wrongly disadvantaged their wards.
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