National Coordinator for the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), Sherif Sulemana, has rejected claims by a section of the public that students who have not been placed in any school will remain at home after schools reopen.
This was confirmed in an interview with Onua TV’s correspondent, Regina Akua Sarpomaa, who visited the Greater Accra Solution Centre at GNAT Hall.
Reporting live on the morning show, Maakye, on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, Sarpomaa said the National Coordinator debunked the rumours that students without placement would remain at home after schools reopen when she asked him about it.
This has allayed the fears of guardians and students who thought their chances of enrolling in senior high school were in limbo, following their inability to secure placement and the challenges they encountered in getting a school.
She indicated that the Coordinator has assured that his outfit will remain at the various solution centres to ensure that every qualified child is placed in a school before the centres are shut, even if it takes a month.
Sulemana’s assurance comes at a time of frustration at various resolution centres across the country, particularly in Greater Accra where a number of students are still frustrated.
For some days now, anxious parents and candidates have thronged the GNAT Hall centre in Accra, with some reportedly sleeping overnight in the car park after failing to get their placement issues resolved.
One parent told reporters he left home at 3 a.m. and arrived at 4 a.m. after his son, who had been placed at Apam Senior High School as a Day student, was directed to Accra to seek a change to boarding status. He said after submitting the forms, he was asked to return the following day.
Similar congestion has been reported at the Kumasi Technical Institute centre in the Ashanti region.
Although the Ministry of Education has since deployed additional personnel to ease long queues at the centres, people are still facing challenges. The Ministry says it will digitise the complaints process from 2027 to reduce physical visits.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has cautioned parents against paying bribes for placement. He stressed that school placement under the CSSPS is absolutely free and that there is no legitimate “protocol placement” that requires payment.
He has urged parents and guardians to report anyone demanding money to the Ghana Police Service or the Office of the Special Prosecutor for arrest and onward prosecution.
Also, parents have been advised to use the self-placement portal at cssps.gov.gh and asked to protect their placement credentials and not hand them over to unauthorised persons.
First-year students are expected to report to school on Thursday, September 18, 2026, as academic activities begin.
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