Education

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is demanding that the government secure actual secondary school placements for the 54,985 BECE candidates who were initially left without school assignments. The party has rejected the government’s decision to open the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) for self-placement, arguing that access to the portal does not guarantee an available seat in a …

The Ministry of Finance says all 6,300 Ghana Education Service (GES) employees recruited in 2024 without financial clearance have now received their salaries, ending concerns over unpaid arrears. The Ministry explained that the affected staff were inherited by the current government in 2025 after their recruitment was undertaken without the required financial clearance. It said steps were subsequently taken to …

Over 310,000 Senior High School applicants competed for just 76,417 Category A vacancies during the 2026 placement exercise, creating a severe bottleneck in elite institutions despite a significant nationwide surplus of total school places. Speaking on JoyNews’ The Pulse, Press Secretary to the Minister for Education, Hashmin Mohammed, clarified that the overall Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) declared …

Frustration reached a boiling point at the GNAT Hall in Accra as hundreds of anxious parents and candidates overwhelmed the National Placement Resolution Centre, seeking urgent fixes for ongoing Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) challenges. Long queues and growing crowd frustration created a tense atmosphere at the facility, where officials struggled to manage the heavy influx of families …

About 57,259 candidates who were not placed into Senior High Schools (SHSs) through the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) will now have the opportunity to secure placement through the self-placement process.The Ministry of Education announced that candidates who obtained grade 9 in English Language, Mathematics, or both subjects will be allowed to access the self-placement portal and choose …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. A total of 512,862 candidates from 1,022 schools were registered for the examination. The candidates comprised 225,270 males and 287,592 females. The number of candidates represents an 11.07 per cent increase compared with the 461,736 candidates who registered for the 2025 …

Education policy advocacy organization Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) has called on the government to fund re-registration and remedial preparation for 54,985 candidates who missed out on placement into public Senior High Schools (SHS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions following the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Proposed Interventions and 2019 Precedent Eduwatch wants the Ministry of …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released a harmonised prospectus detailing the items students are expected to have as they prepare to enter senior high school (SHS) for the 2026/27 academic year. The standardised list is intended to help parents, guardians and students prepare adequately for the new academic year, particularly those entering boarding school. Items for Boarding Students Students …

More than 10 students have been arrested in connection with the violent confrontation between Okuapeman Senior High School and Mount Sinai Senior High School in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region.The arrests follow reprisal attacks between students of the two schools in the early hours of Wednesday, September 2, 2026, which resulted in the destruction and burning of …

By Emmanuel Nii Abordai Amoo Ghana’s Ministry of Education is seeking expanded international funding and strategic partnerships to complete the proposed University of Science and Technology in Damongo, Savannah Region. Although the government secured an initial $30 million grant from China in 2025 to kickstart early construction, Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu indicated that these funds fall significantly short of what …