School placement (CSSPS)
How the Computerised School Selection and Placement System works: checking a placement, self-placement, the eight school choices and what to do if you are not placed.
Dates to know
- 19 Dec 2026 SHS Christmas break 2026/2027 Reported by press
Guides and data
BECE and placement
How to check your CSSPS placement, self-placement if you were not placed, and how the eight school choices work.
Official portals
CSSPS, WAEC and the rest. Checking a placement is free, whatever anyone else is charging.
BECE aggregate calculator
How WAEC grades the BECE, and the placement aggregate worked out from your grades.
Category A, B and C schools
What the categories mean in school selection, the official counts of places, and why we do not print an unofficial list.
Every senior high school
Search the senior high schools on the register by region, ownership and name.
Free SHS in numbers: enrolment, completion and exam entries
Free SHS in numbers: senior high gross enrolment rose from 36.1 to 62.6 between 2009/10 and 2018/19, and WASSCE entries grew 68% from 2016 to 2025. See data.
After SHS: university admissions
Admission lists and deadlines for the University of Ghana, KNUST and UCC.