At least two teenagers collapsed at the Independence Square here in Accra Monday while in queue to get placement into senior high school.

They are among frustrated thousands, including parents and guardians, who thronged the Independence Square to correct mistakes relating to their placements after they failed to secure spaces in their chosen schools.

The two female students collapsed after standing in the sun for hours to get their issues resolved by Ghana Education Service (GES). 

In the video below, some persons tried to revive one of the students by pouring water on her.

The exercise at the Independence Square here in Accra is to enable qualified students get placement at a school they may not have chosen but which has space to admit them.

Monday’s exercise is also to enable students change their placements if the schools they have been given, would not favour them for one reason or another.

Some students also had good grades that qualify them to be placed in their schools of choice but could not secure any placements. It is unclear why this happens although a lack of adequate space has often been cited.

Schools resume this week but a number of those who qualified could not be placed by the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).

They have the option to do the placements themselves in schools that still have enough space.

JoyNews Animwaa Anim-Addo reported Monday that as early as 6 am virtually every stand at the Black Stars Square had been filled with the anxious parents and their children as well as some guardians and their wards, to complete the process which is being supervised by officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES).