Two persons have been arrested for reportedly offering bribes and attempting to influence the Senior High School (SHS) placement of their wards.

This was disclosed by the Deputy National Coordinator of the Free SHS Secretariat, Dr Belinda Glover, who cautioned that any attempt to manipulate the school placement system would not be tolerated.

According to Dr Glover, the suspects were apprehended after they tried to influence the placement of their wards by presenting multiple request sheets, a clear breach of the established process.

“Some of them come here with five or more placement sheets. Beyond 2, you are in for business because you can’t tell me you have five children all entering senior high school at the same time. Even with that, we followed up on some of these cases and found that they collect money from people and come here pretending to be parents. Once we detect that, we involve the police.”

Dr Glover added that the perpetrators have been handed over to the police, together with the bribes they offered.

She cautioned the public against paying to alter placements, stressing that the system has strong monitoring measures in place to detect irregularities and fraud.

“Inasmuch as we are here to help the public, we must also be smart. Anyone caught attempting to tamper with the process will face the law.