The Ghana Education Service, through the Ministry of Education, announced Saturday, October 18, 2025, as the reporting date for new entrants who qualified and were placed in various senior high/technical schools through the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) after sitting for the 2024 WAEC Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
In the heart of the Savannah Region, Damongo students have started reporting massively at Damongo Senior High School and Ndewura Jakpa Senior High/Technical School, respectively, with smooth reporting processes and procedures, as observed by Spear FM News Team on Monday, October 20, 2025.
However, at Damongo Senior High School (DASS), there has been a different scenario altogether. The news team discovered that students are being asked to buy a 10-liter emulsion paint, specifically Savannah Emulsion paint. According to parents, this has not been part of the prospectus they downloaded from the government portal to prepare their wards for school.
Parents have lamented and questioned the move by the school, stating that this unforeseen cost will bring further burden and frustration to parents, especially those from far destinations. Some parents demand justification of this from the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the school authorities, calling for further investigations and intervention from traditional leaders. They expressed shock that other schools are not demanding paint and questioned why Damongo Senior High School is an exception.
One parent, who sees it as an unforeseen additional cost, said he was told that the paint would be used for school rehabilitation, which he believes is a responsibility shared by both the government and parents. According to him, though it comes as an extra burden, he supports the move.
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Meanwhile, close sources from school authorities say it was a decision by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA). However, efforts to speak to school authorities and the PTA by spearfm.com was declined. However, many parents who spoke off the record have expressed frustration over the additional cost of buying paint, demanding a probe into the matter.
