Thousands of applicants seeking to join Ghana’s security services were thrown into confusion last week after technical failures on the government’s online recruitment platform prevented significant numbers from completing their aptitude tests within the scheduled window. The Ministry of the Interior has now issued a revised timetable running through to the end of February, with results promised for March 4, 2026.
The affected services are the Ghana Police Service (GPS), the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), and the Ghana Prisons Service. The original aptitude test was introduced as an online exercise specifically to eliminate the large physical gatherings at testing centres that caused the El-Wak Stadium stampede in a previous recruitment cycle, but complaints flooded social media as applicants reported system errors, disconnections, and incomplete test environments that blocked access to the assessment. The Centralised Services E-Recruitment Portal (C-SERP) announced mid-exercise that test environments for the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service remained incomplete, leaving WASSCE applicants for those two services unable to sit their tests as scheduled.
To address the disruption, the Ministry has scheduled a staggered mop-up exercise beginning Saturday, February 21, 2026 and running to Friday, February 28, 2026, structured service by service. Ghana Immigration Service applicants are assigned the window from Saturday, February 21 to Monday, February 23. Ghana Police Service candidates follow from Tuesday, February 24 to Wednesday, February 25. Ghana National Fire Service and Ghana Prisons Service applicants complete the cycle from Thursday, February 26 to Friday, February 28.
A general mop-up session covering all categories, from Category A through to Category C, has been scheduled for Sunday, March 1 to Monday, March 2, 2026, with the official publication of successful results set for March 4, 2026.
Applicants will receive SMS notifications directing them to log back into their portals and complete their assessments within the new windows. The Ministry has also confirmed that approximately 82% of applicants who successfully completed the test during the original window will be barred from accessing the portal during the extension period to prevent system congestion.
To address lingering technical concerns directly, the Ministry has announced a live social media interaction session to be led by a technical facilitator, scheduled for Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. across all major social media platforms, where applicants can raise issues relating to the aptitude test and the broader recruitment process.
The aptitude test is structured around three educational categories. Category A applicants, comprising those with National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) certificates, Junior High School qualifications, sportsmen and other certificate holders, are required to answer 30 questions and must also complete a practical trade test. Category B applicants holding Higher National Diploma (HND), degree or master’s qualifications, as well as Category C applicants who sat the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), are each required to answer 60 questions. The pass mark across all categories is 65%.
The Ministry reminded all applicants that no payment is required at any stage of the recruitment process, cautioning that individuals or groups demanding money or promising assistance should be treated as fraudulent, with all legitimate communication channelled exclusively through the official portal and approved SMS systems.
