The management of the Ghana Education Service has invited the National Investigation Bureau NIB to investigate corruption allegations in this year’s senior high school placement process.
Some Staff of the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education have been accused of taking bribes of up to GH¢7,000 to place some students in their preferred School, leaving the computerized Schools selection placement system (CSSPS).
The Director-General of Ghana Education Service Prof Opoku Amankwa in a letter to the National Investigation Bureau NIB stated that GES will cooperate to help uncover the truth behind these claims.
“Management of Ghana Education Service will be grateful if your office could launch a full-scale investigation into these allegations to establish their authenticity or otherwise,” the letter said.
According to the Ministry Of Education, any personnel of the Computerized Schools Selection placement system who is found taking bribes prospective senior high school students to place them in their preferred Schools will be made to face the law.