The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) portal for capturing and uploading candidates’ school selection data for the 2026 placement exercise will be open from Monday, 24th to Thursday, 27th August 2026, directing all Heads of Junior High Schools (JHS) nationwide to ensure timely compliance.
In a notice issued to schools, GES management said the portal, accessible at www.casswaecinternetsolution.org, forms a critical part of this year’s placement process, which determines how JHS candidates are matched to their chosen senior high schools ahead of the new academic year.
According to the directive, headteachers who have yet to finish uploading candidates’ school choices on the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) portal for the pre-testing stage are required to complete the process.
Only after clearing this step, GES noted, should schools proceed to capture and upload the same data on the WAEC portal.
The sequencing is designed to ensure consistency between the two systems and to prevent delays or discrepancies that could affect the accuracy of candidates’ placement records once the exercise is completed.
Multiple-Computer Access Aimed at Easing Bottlenecks for Larger Schools
GES management further explained that the WAEC portal has been configured to allow the same school identification number and password to be used simultaneously across multiple computers.
“The multiple-computer access feature is expected to ease the workload for schools with large candidate numbers and support the timely completion of the exercise.”
GES
Officials said this feature was specifically built to support schools with large candidate populations, enabling them to capture and upload data concurrently rather than working through a single access point.
By permitting parallel data entry, the Service said schools should be able to complete the exercise more efficiently within the stipulated window, reducing the risk of last-minute congestion on the portal as the Thursday deadline approaches.
Directors And Coordinators Told to Monitor Compliance Closely
The directive placed specific responsibility on Metro, Municipal and District Directors of Education, along with Examination Coordinators, to closely supervise the exercise within their respective areas.
GES said these officers are expected to ensure that data for all eligible candidates is properly captured, verified and submitted before the exercise closes on Thursday.
“Regional, district and school authorities have been tasked with closely monitoring the exercise to ensure that no eligible candidate is left out of the 2026 placement process due to incomplete data.”
GES
The Service indicated that this layer of oversight is intended to catch errors or omissions early, minimising the number of candidates who might otherwise be left out of the placement process due to incomplete or inaccurate data entry at the school level.
Regional Directors Asked to Cascade the Directive
To ensure the notice reaches every school in time, GES management called on Regional Directors of Education to communicate the directive to all relevant officers and institutions within their jurisdictions. The Service urged strict compliance with the timelines set out, stressing the importance of every JHS meeting the deadlines to avoid disruption to the broader placement calendar.
The four-day window set aside for the WAEC portal exercise underscores the tight scheduling constraints that typically accompany Ghana’s annual school placement process, which affects hundreds of thousands of JHS candidates transitioning into senior high school each year.
Any delays at the school level in capturing or uploading data can have knock-on effects on the broader placement timeline, making strict adherence to the GES directive especially important this year.
With the portal now open, attention turns to how smoothly individual schools, particularly those with large candidate numbers, are able to navigate the process within the four days allotted, and whether the multiple-access feature introduced by WAEC succeeds in easing the pressure historically associated with this stage of the placement exercise.
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