The Ministry of Education says it will review the Computerized School Selection Placement System, CSSPS, to correct any defects associated with it.
The computerized system was introduced in 2005 to replace the manual way of selection and placement of students in senior high schools which had for many years created a number of challenges.
[contextly_sidebar id=”GuFxRZZ9ephJiABG554ri0CuU42dElpn”]Many parents have however complained about the inefficiency of the new system after their wards were recently turned away by some public secondary schools they had been posted to.
A typical example was the incident at the Wesley Girls High School, where over 200 students were refused admission some weeks ago.
The Ministry of Education is consistently faced with criticisms from parents and students over the recurrence of the situation. But speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the ministry, Francis Gbadago, said the ministry would soon begin consultative meetings in a bid to improve the system.
“At the Ministry, we believe that the CSSPS has served its purpose over the ten year period. It has served even better than the manual system that we had in the past. It has corrected quite a number of anomalies in the previous manual system. As stakeholders, we can make it better”he said.
He noted however that”the challenges that we are referring to are not widespread. As part of the 2016 budget, the Ministry is open for a review of the whole exercise and this will be done in conjunction with all the stakeholders to find lasting solutions to all the challenges that we are currently experiencing.”
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana