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Candidate user manual

Clear instructions for every CSSPS candidate placement service.

6 service guides

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Before you begin

  • Use your correct BECE index number and date of birth exactly as registered.
  • Use a private device where possible, and sign out when you finish.
  • Review every detail before submitting or confirming. Some submissions cannot be changed.
  • Save or print every reference number, recovery code, slip, or form shown after submission.

Check placement

View your assigned school, programme, residence type, and placement documents.

What you need

Your BECE index number and the date of birth used for your candidate record.

Follow these steps

  1. Choose Placement Services on the home page, then select Check placement.

  2. Sign in with your BECE index number and date of birth.

  3. Review the school, programme, and residence details displayed.

  4. Download and print your placement slip and enrolment form, when available.

Important

Keep printed and digital copies of your placement documents for enrolment.

Self placement

Choose an available school when you were not assigned one or were placed outside your submitted choices.

What you need

Your BECE index number, date of birth, and preferred region, school, programme, and residence type.

Follow these steps

  1. Select Self-placement from Placement Services and sign in.

  2. Confirm that your candidate details are correct.

  3. Choose a region, then select a school with an available vacancy.

  4. Choose an available programme and residence type.

  5. Review the selection carefully and submit it.

  6. Return to Check placement to view and print your placement documents.

Important

Candidates who were not placed, or were placed in a school outside their submitted choices, can use this service. Options shown depend on current vacancies.

Choice confirmation

Review and confirm the school choices recorded for you before final placement.

What you need

Your BECE index number, date of birth, and the choices you submitted during school selection.

Follow these steps

  1. Select Choice confirmation from Placement Services and sign in.

  2. Check your candidate information and review every listed choice.

  3. If the choices are correct, select Confirm Choices.

  4. Read the confirmation message and approve the final submission.

Important

Confirmation is final. Do not confirm until all displayed choices are correct.

Edit choices

Correct or replace your school choices before confirming them.

What you need

Your preferred schools, programmes, and residence types, arranged in order of preference.

Follow these steps

  1. Open Choice confirmation, sign in, and select Edit My Choices or Add My Choices.

  2. Confirm your gender, then add or update your school choices.

  3. Arrange exactly 8 choices in your preferred order.

  4. Check the school, programme, residence type, and category for every choice.

  5. Save the choices, return to Choice confirmation, and review them before confirming.

Important

You may choose up to 5 Boarding schools, and all 8 choices may be Day. You may choose up to 2 Category A schools, with no more than 1 Category A Boarding choice, and up to 3 Category B schools, with no more than 2 Category B Boarding choices. All 8 schools may be from Category C.

Re-entry

Register and apply again if you are an eligible previous-year candidate seeking placement.

What you need

Your previous BECE details, personal information, an active email address or phone number, and your preferred placement options.

Follow these steps

  1. Select Re-entry from Placement Services and review the preparation information.

  2. Enter your candidate and contact details, then continue to verification.

  3. Verify either your email address or phone number with the code sent to you.

  4. Choose from the schools, programmes, and residence types with available vacancies.

  5. Review and submit the application.

  6. Save the candidate index shown after submission and use it with your date of birth to check placement.

Important

Use contact details you can access immediately. Available choices depend on current vacancies and eligibility.

Foreign student

Submit a placement application for a candidate whose qualification was obtained outside Ghana.

What you need

Candidate, guardian, previous school, and qualification details; an active email address and phone number; and clear supporting documents.

Follow these steps

  1. Select Foreign student from Placement Services, then choose Start a new application.

  2. Complete the candidate, guardian, school, and qualification sections.

  3. Verify your contact details and upload the requested supporting documents.

  4. Review all information and submit the application.

  5. Save the application number and recovery code displayed after submission.

  6. Use Check application status to follow the assessment with both saved codes.

Important

No candidate account is required. Keep your application number and recovery code private and safe.

Next step

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