Former Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Charles Aheto-Tsegah, has called for a frank and urgent reassessment of the "protocol" admissions system, which he says continues to erode the fairness and credibility of the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
Speaking during an interview on The Big Issue on Channel One TV, Aheto-Tsegah highlighted that the issue of protocol — the practice of reserving placements for certain individuals based on influence or connections — has expanded significantly over the years. According to him, this has undermined the integrity of the placement process and led to widespread confusion among students and parents.
"The protocol has actually been expanding, and that is what we have to deal with. If we want to be fair and equitable, we must eliminate that small elephant in the room called protocol,” he asserted.
Aheto-Tsegah further argued that the CSSPS, which was introduced to ensure transparency and meritocracy in school placements, was flawed from the outset due to the lack of a clear policy to manage protocol admissions.
“We didn’t even know how to manage protocol in the system, even though we knew it was an ever-present issue. Instead of addressing it, we allowed it to persist from the very beginning,” he explained.
Describing the placement system as “dead on arrival,” the former GES boss maintained that the credibility of CSSPS was compromised from the start. He warned that unless the protocol system is tackled decisively, the annual placement controversies and confusion will continue.
Source: MyNewsGh.com
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