The guidelines for the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) have been revised with effect from the 2010/2011 academic year. Under the revised process, the cut-off point will be aggregate 25 in the four core subjects and one best elective subject with the grade in each subject not lower than five. Previously, the qualifying grade was between aggregates six and 30 in the four core subjects and two best elective subjects. The 2010 BECE candidates are the junior or high school pioneer products of the new educational reform introduced in September 2007 under which candidates were to write English Language, Mathematics, Social Studies, Integrated Science, Ghanaian Language as well as Basic Design and Technology. These are contained in a statement issued by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and signed by the head of the Public Relations Unit, Charles Parker-Allotey. It said: "The CSSPS will still use the total processed raw scores that is mark out of 100 in the subjects instead of the grades (l-5) for selection". The changes to the selection process, according to the GES, were in response to suggestions at stakeholders meetings on the review of the CSSPS. "The principle of placement was based not only on choice but also on merit", the statement said and emphasised that "the computer places all candidates into their first choice schools using the order of merit”, which means that some candidates may not get the school of their choice. The statement said Pre-Vocational and Pre-Technical had been re-designated Basic Design and Technology and “is being tested for the first time", while Agriculture and General Science had been combined to form Integrated Science. Under the existing policy guidelines, a candidate, whose paper in any of the core subjects is cancelled by the West African Examinations Council, is deemed not qualified for selection and placement into the Senior High School. To qualify for selection, a candidate's grade in any of the four core subjects should not exceed grade five, while the minimum grade of each of the two best elective subjects should not exceed grade six if added to the grades of the four core subjects and should not exceed a total of grade 30. Source: Ghanaian Times