Some Headteachers within the Sekondi – Takoradi Metropolis have expressed satisfaction with the ongoing admissions in their Senior High Schools.
The Ghana Education Service (GES), announced that all first-years are to report to their respective schools on Monday, April 4, 2022.
Spice 91.9 FM visit to some of the Senior High schools indicates that massive admission is ongoing with students and parents going through the process smoothly.
According to the headmaster of Fijai Senior High School, Mr. Kenneth Agbomadzi, a total of One Thousand and Thirty (1030) students are expected to be enrolled in the school but Seven Hundred (700) students have been admitted so far.
Giving his impression about the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), he opined that the system is efficient as compared to the days when the system was manual which comes with its problems.
He added that the school operates a hybrid system thus a larger population percentage of Seventy percent (70%) are boarders whilst the day students are Thirty percent (30%).
He said the school is ready to admit more students because there is adequate infrastructure to ensure effective teaching and learning.
On the other hand, at the Saint John’s School in Sekondi, a total of Eight Hundred (800) students are to be registered but at the time of our visit, only Four Hundred and Eighty-Eight (488) students have by far been registered.
Head Master of the school, Mr. Anthony J. Mensah further revealed that about Four Hundred and Fifty – Five (455) of the students are boarders, with Thirty – Three (33) being Day students, stating that Three (3) of the students have withdrawn their admission.
He has therefore requested an expansion in the protocol to fill up vacant spaces in the enrollment process, adding that the school has a challenge with feeding students.
He revealed that currently, the students are fed with liquid foods because the school is facing a shortage in the food supply.
Mr. Mensah, however, said, his outfit is expecting more students to be enrolled.
Commenting on the CSSPS, he stated that the computerized system is not the best, and should be left with the school authorities to give admission to students.
At the Methodist Senior High School (MESEC), Mr. George Tweneboah – Kondua reiterated that an expected number of Seven Hundred (700) students were posted for enrollment in the school.
Out of the total number of students, Six Hundred and Fifty-Eight (658) students have been registered on the school’s portal.
Reports from Ghana Education Service indicate that about 505,000 Junior High School leavers have been placed in various second-cycle institutions since the computerized school placement and self-placement exercises began.
The figure represents approximately 88.6% of about 570,000 students expected to be placed this year after the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The CSSPS was introduced in 2005 as part of the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ghana Education Service (GES) grand plan of programs and interventions intended to expand access and improve the quality of education through teaching and learning as well as curricular development.
