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Kenneth Darko••420 words · 3 min read Why do thousands of qualified BECE candidates miss placement while hundreds of thousands of school vacancies remain unfilled?
Ghana's 2026 BECE results leave 76,635 qualified students without automatic SHS placement despite 859,828 vacancies.
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