BECE 2022: School Selection guidelines, Register and Enrollment Trends for Candidates

Ferdinand| EducationGhana| October 14| BECE 2022: School Selection guidelines, Register and Enrollment Trends for Candidates

As part of measures to ensure a smooth placement of qualified BECE, THE Ghana Education Service and the Ghana TVET Service (GTVETS) have put in place the following arrangements for the information of parents/guardians/candidates and the general public

A. Updates Added

Introduction of a cluster of schools: These are similar schools that belong to the same category which candidates may comfortably accept as alternative schools to their initial choices

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B. Grouping of Schools

All second-cycle institutions have been grouped as follows:

I. Public second Cycle Institution: Four (4) groups namely Categories A, B, C and D.

II. Appendix 1: contains detailed technical institutions(TI) programmes

III. Appendix 2: contains detailed subjects of the Technical Programmes in the Sec/Tech. institutions

IV. Appendix 3: contains Special Boarding schools for the sixth (6th) Choice)

V. Appendix 4: Cluster of schools

VI. Appendix 5: contains a list of Special Education Needs (SEN) schools

VII. Sample Choice: Examples of correct and wrong choices

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C. Before the Selection of Schools and Programmes

Before the Selection of Schools and Programmes offered, parents/guardians are advised to note that all schools selected

(1st-6th) are considered in the placement of candidates.

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D. Conditions for selection of schools

Candidates with guidance from parents/guardians and school authorities;

a) Must choose Six(6) schools(1st – 6th choices) in all.

b) Must select programmes and accommodations for each selected school.

c) Must choose a compulsory day as 6th choice (Catchment Area School) or choose boarding school from the list of schools in Appendix 3

d) Must indicate ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to accept or decline to opt for a cluster.

e) Candidates who wish to offer purely TVET Programmes must select all six (6) TVETS schools from CATEGORY A, B and C as Day or Boarding

f)  Cannot choose more than one (1) School from Category A

g) Cannot select more than two (2) schools from Category B

h) May select five (5) choices from Category C and One (1) from Category D (Day) or Appendix 3 (Special Boarding)

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What is School Register?

Second Cycle Institutions in Ghana have been put into 4 categories. Namely, categories A, B C & D.

Each of these categories has a number of schools listed under them. These could be Senior High schools or Senior High Technical Schools or Technical Institutes across the country.

SHS/TVET Enrollment Trend from 2016 to 2021/22 Academic Year

Watch Video for the 2022 School Selection below: