A man alleged fraud at the SHS placement center, claiming to be an agent for the Ghana Education Service (GES).
He was later arrested by the police at the Free Senior High School (SHS) placement center in Accra.
According to, Deputy Coordinator for the Free Senior High School Programme, Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, in an interview with Citi News, said the young man has defrauded a parent of a sum of over GH1,000.00 after he claimed he could help get placement for their ward
She advised that parents should refrain from engaging third parties in the school placement process.
"As we have been saying all this while, let us all be vigilant." We will not use crooked means to place students in schools. "Let us be watchful," she said.
This comes on the heels of a scandal that hit the computerized school selection and placement system.
The computerized school selection and placement system has come under scrutiny following allegations that some people receive money in order to change schools for the children of some parents.
The GES had earlier cautioned the general public against unscrupulous persons who may likely defraud guardians under the pretext of securing placement for their wards in their supposed preferred senior high schools.
The CSSPS is the only system used by the Ghana Education Service to place qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates into senior high schools (SHS), technical institutes (TI), and vocational institutes across the country.
GES prayed for guardians to be on the lookout for such deceitful persons and help report them to the nearest police station for onward prosecution to deter others from engaging in the annual happening.
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"Management strongly cautions the general public not to fall prey to deceitful persons who may approach them to pay money for a place in SHS." Such persons are to be reported immediately to the police."
