The Ministry of Education will this afternoon kickstart the process towards a smooth senior high school (SHS) placement exercise in September with a
The Ministry of Education will this afternoon kickstart the process towards a smooth senior high school (SHS) placement exercise in September with a press briefing at the Ministry.
Today’s press conference will, among other things, direct candidates with the support of parents. and guardians to confirm their details, such as their choices of schools, programmes, and boarding status, with the aid of a link.
This is to help avoid the situation where a male student is placed in an all-female school and vice versa
It is also to ensure that candidates are not placed in schools that they did not choose.
Verification
Candidates will be given a link to which they would use to verify their details, earlier posted to confirm their choices.
“We first want the students to visit the portal to confirm their details before the placement starts,” a source at the Ministry told Graphic Online
It said it is to ensure that the date of the placement, which is expected to be early next month, would be seamless.
Statistics
A total of 603,328 candidates, comprising 297,250 males and 306,078 females from 20,395 participating schools, entered for the school examination.
This includes 72 candidates with visual impairment, 239 with hearing impairment, and 161 candidates with other test accommodation needs.