Here is the Guidelines & Dates for 2025/2026 Aptitude Test for Police, Immigration, Prisons and Fire Service Applicants Released
The Centralized Services E-Recruitment Portal 2025/26 Aptitude & Trade Tests announcement has provided important updates for all applicants seeking recruitment into Ghana’s security services.
According to the official notice from the C-SERP under the Ministry of the Interior, the Centralized Services E-Recruitment Portal 2025/26 Aptitude & Trade Tests will be conducted fully online, and candidates must prepare adequately to meet all technical and exam requirements.
Below is the breakdown
SUBJECT: APTITUDE & TRADE TESTS
Applicants are hereby notified that the 2025/26 Centralised Recruitment Aptitude Test will be conducted online. Applicants are to prepare adequately and to note that the exam is best taken on a computer system with webcam & microphone functionality.
The test will be conducted in category lots in the following order:
A. NVTI/JHS/SPORTSMEN/CERTIFICATE
B. HND/DEGREE/MASTERS
C. WASSCE
Category “A” applicants as shown above will be required to answer 30 questions while Category “B” & “C” applicants will be required to answer 60 questions.
NB: Category “A” applicants will be further subjected to a trade test based on their selected trade vacancies.
Pass Mark for Exams
The pass mark for the test is 65%.
SUBJECT: GUIDELINES FOR APTITUDE TEST 1
Applicants are to note that the Aptitude Test will be conducted from Tue, 10th – Sun, 22nd February 2026.
Timelines for the various Categories are as follows:
a. NVTI/JHS/SPORTSMEN/OTHER CERTS –
- Tuesday, 10th February 2026.
- Friday 13th February 2026.
b. HND/DEGREE/MASTERS
- Saturday, 14th February,2026
- Tuesday 17th February, 2026
c. WASSCE
Wednesday 18th – Sunday, 22nd February 2026
All applicants within the above categories across all the Services are entreated to visit their portals within the above specified dates per category to assess the link to the aptitude test.
SMS’s will be sent to all qualified applicants to reiterate the test availability period as shown above.
Applicants who applied to multiple Services will be required to take the test only once except for an applicant who applied to different categories across different Services/Agencies.
SUBJECT: GUIDELINES FOR APTITUDE TEST 2
Applicants are to note the following for a seamless Online Aptitude Test Process.
a. The link to the test will be made available to the applicants via the applicant’s portal on the specified dates per category.
b. For best experience, applicants are to use actual computers with Webcam & Microphone capabilities.
c. Applicants will go through an enrollment stage once they click on the “Start Test” button. This enrollment test will check and confirm the following:
1. Calibrate webcam, test its liveness and confirm the identity of the test taker.
2. Check Internet Strength & Noise levels around the applicant.
d. Applicants are expected to maintain focus and align their faces in line with the calibrated posture throughout the exam.
e. The entire exam is deployed with enhanced AI proctoring features including session recording and random snapshots to detect any malpractices.
SUBJECT: GUIDELINES FOR APTITUDE TEST 3
Applicants are to note that the following during the Test Session:
a. The test cannot be closed/stopped/saved once the applicant starts the test.
b. The Test will be automatically submitted once the allotted time elapses.
c. Answers must be provided to each question before proceeding to other questions.
d. Any attempts to have a different person other than the applicant take the test will be detected and sanctions will be applied.
e. Applicants are to ensure they have strong internet connection before taking the test. The test requires a mandatory internet strength test after which the applicant can decide to take the test at a later time when internet connectivity is good enough.
f. Applicants are to keep their faces aligned in the proctoring frame within the entire test duration or risk being disqualified.
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