SHS placement: Some collapses at Black Star Square were staged – Education Minister

“Some parents and students come to complain to us that they have not been placed but when you ask for their placement forms, they have none. They only show you their results slip and so I had to issue a directive that no one should come to the centre without a placement form.”

“The system works such that after you check your results, you can also check your placement. If you have not been placed automatically, the site will redirect you to the self-placement site where the schools that fall in your grade line are displayed for you to choose, you will also be given the choice of boarding or day, then you get to choose a program from the available programmes. After which you confirm and print a form, so there is no way you can have a placement form without having been placed in a school. Hence, you bring your placement form for us to resolve your issues.”

The Minister made these comments on Asempa FM’s current affairs show Ekosii sen.

Citi News reporters were at the scene on Monday followed some of the collapsed persons to the Emergency Department at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge Hospital.

A pregnant woman who was at the venue for her ward was also rushed to the emergency department.