Leaders of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) are preparing to sue the Ghanaian government over what they call discriminatory and unequal distribution of students under the Computer Senior Secondary Schools Placement Scheme (CSSPS).
Under government policy, 30% of admissions to Class A Senior Secondary Schools are reserved for graduates of public secondary schools, meaning that up to 70% can only be filled by private sector JHS graduates.
GNAPS President Dr Damasus Tuurusong is critical of the 30% priority allocation, which he claims harms private high school students.
According to Dr. Tuurusong, students leave their private primary institutions for public JHS to increase their chances of gaining placement through the SHS computer selection system. Therefore, he considers the policy discriminatory towards private schools.
“Every student who enters high school wants the best. So, when they go to a private school, they have less chances of getting into a class A school. So, when they get to the early years of middle school, they drop out of the private schools and go to the public. These students are because they take care of themselves.” Private schools come out as the best and are placed in the best high schools,” he said.
The Deputy Minister for Education, the Rev. John Ntim Fordgor, has called for “further cooperation with the Society to address its concerns” but appears to stick to current policy.
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