Police Recruitment Screening Begins January 12; Other Services to Follow After January 15
Interior Ministry announces screening timelines for 2025/2026 security services recruitment
- Police recruitment screening begins on January 12 and runs until February 4, 2026.
- Screening schedules for Prisons, Fire and Immigration services will be released after January 15.
- Applicants must report with original documents and may be disqualified for late reporting.
The Ghana Police Service will begin screening shortlisted applicants on Sunday, January 12, as part of Phase II of the Centralised Services E-Recruitment Portal (CSERP) process for the 2025 and 2026 intake.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, the documentation verification and body inspection exercise will run from January 12 to February 4, 2026. At this stage, only applicants seeking enlistment into the Ghana Police Service have been scheduled for screening.
The Ministry said screening schedules for applicants to the Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National Fire Service and Ghana Immigration Service will be released after January 15, 2026.
The CSERP recruitment portal opened on November 17 and closed on December 19, 2025.
Applicants are required to report to their designated screening centres with both original documents and photocopies. These include application summary reports, biometric birth certificates, Ghana Cards, Junior High School certificates, two passport-sized photographs and any other relevant educational certificates.
The Ministry cautioned that applicants who fail to report at the specified date and time may be disqualified from the recruitment process.
Candidates scheduled for morning sessions are expected to report by 7:00 a.m., while those scheduled for afternoon sessions should report by 12:00 noon.
Applicants will receive text message notifications indicating their screening date, time and centre. They may also log onto the CSERP portal to verify their screening details.
