GHANA EDUCATION DATA / API

Ghana's education data, ready to use.

Schools across all 16 regions, the public SHS placement register, and the CSSPS selection rules through a single API. Build school finders, sign-up forms and placement tools without assembling the data yourself.

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EXAMPLE REQUEST01 / 04

Science schools with boarding near a candidate

GET /api/v1/secondary-schools?programme=502
  &residential=boarding&lat=5.60&lng=-0.19

Returns: SHS, SHTS and TVET schools, nearest first
Fields: Category, programmes, boarding, gender, distance
Format: Paginated JSON

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SHS PLACEMENT

Build for BECE candidates and their parents.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of candidates choose eight schools. Help them choose well.

Search the register

Every public SHS, SHTS and TVET school with its placement category, programmes, gender and day or boarding status. Filter by what a candidate can actually attend.

GET /secondary-schools?programme=502&studentGender=female

Validate choices

Check a candidate's eight choices against the current CSSPS rules and against what each school offers, before the form is submitted.

POST /placement/validate

Rules as data

The official selection rules, with their source, so your app can show them and enforce them as candidates choose.

GET /placement/rules

VALIDATION RESPONSECSSPS 2026

Three Category A schools selected

{
  "valid": false,
  "errors": [{
    "code": "CATEGORY_A_LIMIT",
    "message": "At most 2 Category A schools; 3 given."
  }],
  "warnings": [{
    "code": "DAY_SCHOOL_FAR",
    "message": "Choice 8: about 67 km away...",
    "choice": 8
  }]
}

School categories and programmes come from the most recent GES register we hold (2021), and every response says which year. The selection rules are the 2026 guidelines.

AVAILABLE DATA

Start with the endpoint you need.

Consistent routes, filters that accept codes or names, and errors that say what went wrong.

01SchoolsFilter by region, level, gender, boardingGET /api/v1/schools02School searchTypo-tolerant autocomplete for sign-up formsGET /api/v1/schools/search03Nearby schoolsSchools within a radius, nearest firstGET /api/v1/schools/nearby04Secondary schoolsSHS, SHTS and TVET by category and programmeGET /api/v1/secondary-schools05ProgrammesGeneral programmes and TVET tradesGET /api/v1/programmes06Validate choicesCheck a candidate's CSSPS selectionPOST /api/v1/placement/validate07GeographyRegions and districts by code or nameGET /api/v1/regions08Data qualitySources, licences and field coverageGET /api/v1/data-quality

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