The Ministry of Education has extended the 2026 Senior High School (SHS) placement exercise by one week to help students who still have outstanding placement issues secure their schools before the reopening on September 18. This extension is intended to give students the additional time they need for self-placement or to change their residential status. Resolution centers nationwide will remain open from Monday to Friday to address these outstanding placement cases.
Hashmin Mohammed, the Press Secretary to the Education Minister, told JoyNews that significant progress has been made in resolving these challenges. Of the 53,887 students eligible for self-placement, 33,726 have successfully secured placements in various schools. Additionally, the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) Secretariat has resolved 4,531 of the 9,948 cases reported at resolution centers across the country.
“Out of the 53,887 self-placement students, we have managed to place 33,726 into various schools. Furthermore, from the 9,948 reported cases at the resolution centers, the CSSPS Secretariat has successfully resolved 4,531 so far,” he stated. Mr Mohammed said the Ministry was hopeful of significantly reducing the number of outstanding cases 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.
