Almost nine thousand (9000) qualified students expected to be in Senior High and Technical Schools in the Eastern Region are not in school.
These are Junior High School graduates who were either placed but did not show up for enrollment, and those who were expected to do self-placement but have failed to do so hence not place.
According to the Eastern Regional Secretariat of the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), apart from the 9,000 students who have still not been placed and enrolled, some 15,234 vacancies still exist in public Senior high and Technical Schools in the region to accommodate more students.
The Eastern Regional Coordinator for the secretariat Kenneth Anim explained that the capacity of schools in the region to admit more students increased to 84,018 as a result of infrastructural expansions carried on by the government.
He however said a total of 68,784 qualified students representing 81.87% of the total capacity were placed in the region for the 2020/2021 academic year out of which 61,451 students enrolled.
The rest of the 7,333 students had not reported in schools to be enrolled.
Also, some 1,622 qualified students expected to do self-placement had not done so hence have not been able to get school.
Kenneth Anim said President Akufo-Addo has asked the Ghana Education Service through its Municipal and District Education Directors in the region to search for the 8,955 qualified students who are still not placed and enrolled so that they can also be admitted to Senior High and Technical schools to benefit from the policy.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
