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Reporting on schools, policy and the decisions that affect Ghanaian students, written to be useful the day you need it.

This section covers what is actually changing in Ghanaian education: how school placement works and what it decides, what schools charge and what they leave off the fee schedule, how examinations are run, and the policy decisions that reach families before they reach the news.

We write for the person who has to act on the information — a parent choosing between two schools, a candidate who has just been placed somewhere they did not choose, a family working out what a year actually costs. That shapes what goes in. Where a process has a deadline, we say when it closes. Where a decision is irreversible, we say so.

What we do not do is repeat announcements without explaining them. An announcement that a window has opened is not useful on its own; what matters is who it applies to, what it cannot fix, and what happens if you miss it. Where the current dates or forms are held by the Ghana Education Service, WAEC or the Ministry of Education, we say that plainly and send you to the official source rather than reproducing a figure that may already be out of date.

What the school placement process actually decides, and what it does not Education News What the school placement process actually decides, and what it does not Placement decides where a candidate is offered a seat. It does not decide whether they can raise a problem, transfer, or find a school with capacity — and confusing the two costs families money. What parents should actually check before paying school fees Education News What parents should actually check before paying school fees Fee disputes almost always trace back to something that was never written down. What to establish in writing before any money moves. Self-placement: what it is, when it opens, and what it cannot fix Education News Self-placement: what it is, when it opens, and what it cannot fix Self-placement lets a candidate who was not matched choose from schools with remaining space. It is a real second chance, and it is not a route into a school that is full. How to read a school prospectus without being sold to Education News How to read a school prospectus without being sold to A prospectus is a marketing document, and reading it as one is not cynical. The useful information is in what it specifies and what it carefully does not. Boarding or day school: the costs and trade-offs nobody itemises Education News Boarding or day school: the costs and trade-offs nobody itemises The fee difference is the visible part of the comparison and rarely the decisive one. What to weigh beyond the invoice, including the costs a day place quietly transfers to the family.