Take Interest In School Selection Process – Parents Urged

Theresa Tetteh

 

The Ledzokuku Municipal Director of Education, Mrs. Theresa Tetteh, has appealed to parents to take a keen interest in the ongoing school selection process, which takes place between Monday and Friday, for their children/ wards to ensure that they select the right school and also avoid making mistakes in the process.

She explained that parents taking an interest in the exercise would avert the possibility of wrong school selection as well as making mistakes, which will in the long run lead to the child not getting their school of choice and its attendant challenges.

Mrs. Tetteh announced this when she delivered her welcome address at a one-day sensitisation workshop on the 2026 school selection and placement for head teachers and in-school guidance and counselling coordinators of both public and private basic schools in the Ledzokuku Municipality last Thursday.

The participants were schooled on the school selection guidelines such as category of schools to select, dos and don’ts regarding the selection and placement system, a list of pilot private senior high schools they could choose from, among other topics.

The Municipal Director also cautioned parents not to leave their children’s/ward’s selection of schools to teachers and rather do it either together with the teacher or the parents themselves so they do not turn round and accuse the teacher of selecting wrong schools for their children/ward.

The Ledzokuku Municipal Examination Officer, Mr. David Gbedzi, urged the participants to follow the selection criteria very well and note the various updates for this year.

He also stressed on the need for the participants to take a critical note of the various codes to be used for the selection process to avoid wrong choices of schools.

The Ledzokuku Municipal Guidance and Counselling Coordinator, Madam Charity Willie-Doe, on her part, encouraged participants to take note of the course of study to be selected by the children and assist parents who will run to them for support.

She advised parents to consider allowing their children/wards to choose Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)/ Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programmes as their first-choice programme since they were equally important as the grammar programmes as well.

The Guidance and Counselling Coordinator reminded all students to look at their strength, passion and temperament before selecting courses, so that they do not regret after pursuing them.

Background

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results, creating the opportunity for all-qualified candidates to select the schools of their choice.

 

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