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BECE 2024: Ghana Education Service Begins SHS Selection, Process To Last A Week
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BECE 2024: Ghana Education Service Begins SHS Selection, Process To Last A Week

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • The 2024 school selection process for BECE candidates will run from August 28 to September 4
  • The Ghana Education Service (GES) officers will oversee the selection exercise nationwide
  • Parents and guardians have been urged to be actively involved in the school selection process

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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2024 school selection process for BECE candidates has begun.

The placement process will run from August 28 to September 4.

Ghana Education Service Begins SHS Selection For BECE Graduates
The Ghana Education Service is advising parents to be involved in the school selection process for BECE graduates.
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According to a circular to Regional Directors of Education, shared by Joy News, parents and guardians are expected to be actively involved in the school selection exercise.

The Informed Teachers Network also shared the circular online.

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Candidates will have the opportunity to confirm their school choices by texting a short code before the final placement. The details regarding the shortcode have not yet been provided.

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The school selection process allows candidates to choose Senior High Schools or Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions for placement.

The service's officers will oversee the selection exercise nationwide to ensure adherence to established guidelines and transparency.

Concern over the marking of BECE scripts

Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament has claimed the marking of the 2024 BECE scripts has been postponed because of government debts.

As of June, the government was said to owe the examination body GH¢300 million for services provided from 2022 to this year.

The 2024 BECE itself was at risk of being postponed until the West Africa Examination Council confirmed the receipt of about GH¢47.13 million to begin preparation for the examinations.

The council indicated that this amount was only around half of the GH¢95.83 million the government owed WAEC from last year.

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YEN.com.gh also reported that Minister of Education has said JHS students may no longer need to write BECE to reach SHS.

According to Yaw Osei Adutwu, the change is mainly due to the Free Senior High School Billcurrently before Parliament.

He said the lower secondary schools, while operating separately, would offer the same learning opportunities as senior high.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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