Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) Peter Partey-Anti says parents refusing to pay persons to secure placement for their wards into their preferred senior high schools will halt corruption in the School Selection Process.

In an interview with Efua Andoh on Metro TV’s NewsBeat, Mr. Partey-Anti indicated that the demand for replacement fuels corruption in the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) and it is about time parents and guardians refrain from influencing the system.

“Parents also have to accept the fact that sometimes our attitudes (desire) fuel this kind of practice and therefore we should, sometimes, accept the schools that our wards are placed in and encourage them to learn so that they can also become a somebody [sic] in future,” Peter Partey-Anti noted.

According to Partey-Anti, success is not synonymous with one’s educational background and that irrespective of the school one attended he or she can still attain success

“We should hammer this point too,” he stressed.

The Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) of students to Senior High Schools has been compromised in the sense that it is no longer based on merit but on the payment of large sums of money to warrant admission into desired schools, particularly grade A and B schools.

This was discovered in the latest documentary by the Fourth Estate released on Monday, January 30, 2023.

According to the documentary, 10% of spots are normally designated for protocol placements.

Students who want to get placed in their selected institutions despite their lack of qualifications might do so by paying at least 7,000 cedis to inside men.

The investigative report captured some people paying as much as 10,000 cedis to keep a spot.

Some say although the practice has long existed in the system, it has just recently come to light because the payouts are getting out of hand.

By: Bernard Ralph Adams | Metrotvonline.com | Ghana