Education Ministry extends 2026 SHS placement exercise by one week
The Ministry of Education has extended the 2026 Senior High School (SHS) placement exercise by one week, giving students with outstanding placement issues additional time to secure schools before classes reopen on September 18.
The extension is expected to assist students completing self-placement and those seeking changes to their residential status.
Resolution centres across the country will remain open from Monday to Friday to address unresolved placement cases.
Press Secretary to the Education Minister, Hashmin Mohammed, told JoyNews that significant progress had been made in resolving placement challenges.
He said 33,726 of the 53,887 students eligible for self-placement had successfully secured places in various schools.
Mr Mohammed also disclosed that the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat had resolved 4,531 of the 9,948 cases reported at resolution centres nationwide.
“Out of the 53,887 category of self-placement students, we have had 33,726 who have been able to self-place themselves into various schools and out of 9,948 reported cases at the resolution centres throughout the country, the CSSPS Secretariat has been able to resolve 4,531 so far,” he said.
Mr Mohammed said the Ministry hoped to reduce the number of outstanding cases significantly before students report to school on September 18.
“The resolution centres will remain active from Monday till Friday, and we are hoping that by Friday, the numbers should be able to go down because on September 18, they will report to school,” he added.
The one-week extension is intended to give affected students more time to complete placement-related processes ahead of the reopening date.
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