The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the school placement portal will be open from September 1 to 8, 2025, to allow students to recheck and confirm their selected schools ahead of the final placement exercise scheduled for September 17, 2025.
At a press briefing in Accra, the Director-General of GES, Professor Ernest Davis, said the initiative is aimed at ensuring transparency and accuracy in the placement process.
“For the first time, candidates will have the opportunity to review their entries,” he explained. “This exercise is expected to commence from the 1st of September to 8th September. It will be followed by the actual placement, which will commence on the 17th of September.”
He added that students are expected to report to their respective schools between October 18 and 20, 2025, marking the start of the new academic year.
Professor Davis also cautioned parents and guardians against paying bribes to influence placements.
“School placement is free. It is not for sale. The Ministry of Education or GES is not linked to this illegal business,” he stressed. “Anybody who sells placement to a parent or guardian is engaging in an illegal business. Such persons should be reported to law enforcement agencies.”
In a major policy shift, GES has included private schools in the placement process for the first time.
“Private schools have been added to the list of schools to be chosen. They are part of the database of schools available for selection,” Professor Davis said. “Students will choose them, and then we have self-placement as a window for those who want to access private schools. So, they have been fully integrated into the system.”
On results, he disclosed that some are currently being withheld by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) but emphasized that the placement schedule will not be delayed.
“Students who want to raise issues with WAEC should make sure that the issues are resolved within the time we do the placement,” he warned. “They have three weeks to do that; otherwise, we move on.”
Addressing concerns about the double-track system, Professor Davis clarified that it will not be phased out immediately. Introduced to manage increased enrollment, the system will remain in place until 2028.
“Double track — we are putting things in place, but we will remove it gradually,” he noted. “This year, some schools will still be part of the double track, but we are hoping that by 2028 we will remove it.”
The GES is expected to provide more updates in the coming days as preparations for the 2025 school placement process continue.
