Proprietors against BECE aggregates to SSS

Some proprietors of private second-cycle schools at Kasoa in the Central Region have accused the Ghana Education Service of deliberately collapsing their businesses.

The proprietors, numbering about 60, who are unhappy about the Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), said although the cut-off point of admission to public second cycle schools used to be aggregate 30, the GES had now raised it to aggregate 42.

This, according to them, has reduced the number of students that are admitted to their institutions, while admissions to government institutions have increased.

The Proprietor of the Andam Senior High and Technical School, Mr Kwesi Andam, said the decision was the outcome of the review of the SHS selection criteria policy by the GES.   

CSSPS

Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates with aggregate 42 are now admitted to public senior high schools and technical institutes under the CSSPS.

Earlier, only candidates with aggregate six up to 30 were qualified to be admitted under the CSSPS. The qualified candidates needed to score not less than grade five in any of the core subjects, namely English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies, and not less than grade six in any other two electives.

Candidates who obtained aggregate 31 and above in the BECE were admitted to private senior high schools.