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GES opens WAEC portal for 2026 school placement data submission
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) portal for the online capturing and uploading of candidates’ school selection data for the 2026 placement exercise will open from Monday, August 24 to Thursday, August 27, 2026.
The GES has also directed headteachers who have not yet completed the uploading of candidates’ school choices on the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) portal for pre-testing to do so by the close of work on Monday, August 24.
The directive follows an earlier GES letter, referenced GES/HO/DG/494/2026 and dated August 18, 2026, concerning the school selection and placement exercise.
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