The Ledzokuku Municipal Director of Education, Mrs Theresa Tetteh, has appealed to parents to take a keen interest in the upcoming 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 save 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 Theresa Tetteh announced this when she delivered her welcome address at a one-day sensitization workshop on 2026 school selection and placement for headteachers and in-school guidance and counselling coordinators of both public and private basic Schools in the Ledzokuku Municipality on 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 school they could choose from, among other topics.
The Municipal Director also cautioned parents not to leave their children’s/wards 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.
Mrs Theresa Tetteh speaking during the event
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 TVET/ 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 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 Examination Exams creating the opportunity for the all-qualified candidates to select the schools of their choice.
With the release of the results, qualified candidates are required to select a Senior High or a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) school, or a Technical, Vocational and Education Training Institute (TVET) of their choice.
According to WAEC, a total of 620,243 candidates comprising of 304, 415 males and 315,828 females from 20,789 schools entered for the school examination.
This included 136 candidates with visual impairment, 282 with hearing assessment needs and 510 candidates with other test accommodation needs.source:Felix A.Baidoo
