Solomon Owusu, Director of Communications for the United Party, has said placement in a lesser-categorised school does not define a student.
According to Solomon Owusu, if a student is a fool, they are a fool, and a Category A school placement will not change anything.
He argued that the whole hullabaloo about Category A schools is because ones in the likelihood of getting into university is very high.
Speaking on TV3 New Day, Solomon Owusu stated, “What makes a school in this country Category A? What is so special about the Category A that we talk about? What is the prestige? Is it the old boys that are making it prestigious? The very vagabonds you find in the so-called Category C are the same ones you are seeing in the so-called Category A.
“The schools in the so-called Category A, what they do is that they present their best 200 and come and show you they all had 8As. What about the rest? They took about 4000 people to go and write, go and check, go into it. You will see the Fs; if they were indeed Category A, this country would have been transformed”.
He further cited the widely used author of the Aki Ola mathematics test book, who he said attended Obuasi Secondary Technical School.
Solomon Owusu added, “W’abon a w’abon, if you are a fool you are a fool; the Category A school placement will not change anything”.
“Having experienced the so-called Category A, there are a lot of things I don’t want to expose. The science students now barely even attend labs; how can you be doing science and not be going to the lab, and you call yourself Category A?”
“In their mind, when they get to Category A, the likelihood of getting a grade A University is very high; that is all to it. But the whole work rests on the student. If the student is not going to learn. I bet you, you are not going to achieve anything”.
Meanwhile, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, the Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, has urged the John Mahama government to upgrade at least one SHS in each of Ghana’s 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to reduce placement pressure.
The MP argued that his proposal will help reduce the intense competition for places in Ghana’s most prestigious senior high schools.
Kennedy Osei Nyarko highlighted that MMDA should have at least one well-resourced SHS with quality teaching staff and facilities equivalent to some of Ghana’s best-known Category A schools.
In a Facebook post, Kennedy Osei Nyarko stated, “I think it’s time for the country to at least upgrade one secondary school in each of the 261 MMDAs to a first-class Category A school with quality teaching staff to the level of Achimota, PRESEC, Mfantsipim, Adisadel, Wesley Girls, Prempeh’s etc”.
“Students who want Category A schools will remain in their respective Districts instead of the current approach where every student wants placements at the most prestigious and recognised Category A schools in other regions,” he stated.
His comment follows parents whose children are yet to secure placement into Senior High Schools (SHSs) storming the GNAT Hall in Accra.
According to reports, the frustrated parents who besieged the GNAT Hall to address concerns from parents and candidates facing difficulties with the placement process led to a glass door at the entrance of the facility breaking.
The heavy crowd at the GNAT Hall underscores the level of frustration and desperation among some parents who have been struggling to secure placements for their wards.
Some affected parents have expressed dissatisfaction with the placement process, appealing to the authorities to take immediate steps to resolve the outstanding placement challenges.
The parents are appealing to the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Ministry of Education and President John Dramani Mahama to urgently intervene in the ongoing placement challenges.
Watch the video below:
“W’abon a w’abon, a Category A school placement will not change the student” — Solomon Owusu, Director of Communications for the United Party, says placement in a lesser-categorised school does not define a student.#TV3NewDay pic.twitter.com/G7oKGrl6RS
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) September 9, 2026
@ghnow_ You can't just wake up and start cutting down trees in Tema without permission. – Hon Ebi Bright #GHNow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
@ghnow_ Amobilah Richard, also known as “Sim 1,” who has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢3,600 or, in default, two years’ imprisonment over the theft of a colleague driver’s GH¢5,100, Kalypo and three cans of malt. #GHNow #fyp ♬ original sound – Heavy Rhyme Spitters
