The Ghana Education Service (GES) has indicated that from Friday, August 18, it would commence the sensitization exercise on this year's guidelines for school selection into Senior High Schools

The exercise will take place in all the respective Regional, District Education Directoratesand schools.

In view of this, the general public, particularly parents, candidates, and teachers, have been encouraged to patronize.

"Parents and guardians are particularly advised to take keen interest in the selection ofschools processes to ensure a smooth Placement this year," a portion of the statement from the GES read.

The selection of schools is scheduled from 23rd August to 4th September 2023.There will be an opportunity for candidates to text to a short code and confirmtheir school choices before actual placement is done.

Details of the short code will be made available in due course, according to the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo.

Over 600,000 candidates sat for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) that took place from August 7 to August 11, 2023.