Deputy Director-General in charge of Quality and Access at the Ghana Education Service (GES), Munawaru Issahaque, has urged parents whose wards are dissatisfied with their school placements to accept the assigned schools and prepare their children ahead of reopening between October 18 and 20, 2025.
Dr Issahaque encouraged parents to be realistic about the limited availability of schools and to focus on preparing their wards instead of waiting endlessly for a change in placement.
“Prepare your child. If by today, tomorrow or the next day you realise that what change you want is not coming, you just have to understand that your child’s place is where he or she is.
You prepare your prospectus so that Sunday you send the child to the school to ensure that they’re able to join their colleagues,” he advised in an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV.
He further revealed that a majority of students had already been placed in schools, though some parents were still dissatisfied with the outcome.
“As we speak, between 95 to 99% are placed and they are not satisfied with one condition or the other.
“As we approach 15th, they will convince themselves that an opening that is for 76,000 people cannot take 340,000. The reality will dawn on us to pick what is available,” Dr. Issahaque explained.
He also cautioned parents against paying money to individuals who promise to change their children’s school placements, describing such actions as fraudulent.
“They are so desperate and they are willing to pay, but if anyone has one person that you know has taken money from you, I am here, you can let me know that person. I am available and we’ll talk to the person,” he stated.
