{"id":4071,"date":"2024-08-29T21:13:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:13:12","slug":"ges-starts-2024-bece-school-selection-and-placement-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4071","title":{"rendered":"GES starts 2024 BECE school selection and placement process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Ghanaian-students-taking-part-in-the-BECE-Copy-696x424-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Ghanaian-students-taking-part-in-the-BECE-Copy-696x424-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Ghanaian-students-taking-part-in-the-BECE-Copy-696x424-1-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commenced the 2024 school selection process for candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process, which began on Thursday, August 28, will run until September 4, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement signed by Mr. Prince Agyemang-Duah, Acting Director of the Schools and Instruction Division, parents and guardians are urged to actively engage in the selection process to ensure a seamless placement for their wards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, a total of 570,461 BECE candidates will have the opportunity to choose from a variety of Senior High Schools and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. Additionally, candidates can opt for STEM subjects, including biomedical science, engineering science, and agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To promote transparency and adherence to the guidelines, GES headquarters officials will supervise the selection exercise nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Directors of Education have been directed to inform stakeholders of the selection process dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a new development, candidates will be able to confirm their school choices via a short code, details of which will be provided later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two phone lines have also been made available for parents, students, and stakeholders to resolve any issues that may arise during the selection process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Education Service (GES) has commenced the 2024 school selection process for candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The process, which began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4073,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions\/4073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}