Today is the official opening day of the 2023 Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS), which will be used for placement in Senior High Schools and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Schools (TVET).
According to a press release from the Ministry of Education, 585,797 candidates were eligible for placement out of the 598,839 results that were received from WAEC.
“A total of 477,772 (81.56%) have automatically been placed in one of their choices,” said the ministry.
The ministry claims that this is a major improvement over the previous year.
However, 108,025 (18.44%) qualified candidates could not be matched with any of their choices.
The ministry has thus advised that all such students engage in ‘self–placement’ to select from available schools.
“Schools Selected on Self-Placement Portal can be changed as many times as the candidate wishes on the portal until they enroll in a school,” the ministry stated.
It further assured “all students, especially those who could not be matched with their choices during the automatic placement, parents and the general public that all schools with vacancies have been uploaded on the portal for students to select from during self-placement without hitches.”
The Education Ministry also warned against paying money to unscrupulous persons who promise to change the schools of students, stating that “the Computerized School Placement is merit-based.”
Meanwhile, Heads of Institutions are to begin registration and orientation from 4th December 2023.
