School Placement System Flawed — Lawyer Akosah
Legal practitioner Lawyer Akosah has highlighted persistent challenges in Ghana’s school placement system, stressing that while the initiative was designed to reduce human interference and eliminate alleged corruption by school authorities, implementation gaps remain.
Speaking in a Zoom interview on The Digest on Kessben TV Plus, Lawyer Akosah pointed out that many parents fail to play an active role in the school selection process for their children. Instead, the responsibility is often left to students or their older siblings, a trend he says leads to poor decision-making. For instance, some students select only Category A schools as both their first and second choices, without considering their academic performance or the competition for limited slots.
He further noted that poor performance in core subjects such as English, Mathematics, and Science significantly hinders students’ chances of gaining admission into their preferred schools.
Touching on government’s role, Lawyer Akosah acknowledged efforts to improve educational infrastructure but maintained that more needs to be done. He cited the Methodist Girls’ School in Mamfe, which has become highly attractive to students after major upgrades by a previous administration, as an example of how targeted investments can transform institutions.
He urged the government to identify and upgrade community-based schools to ease pressure on Category A schools and make them competitive options. Commending the rationale behind the Community Day Schools initiative, he referenced the Dome-Kwabenya facility as a strategically positioned model.
Lawyer Akosah concluded that the current placement system appears to be more choice-driven than merit-based — a challenge that requires urgent attention to ensure fairness and efficiency.
