The Ghana Police Service recruits through the Centralised Services E-Recruitment Portal (C-SERP) run by the Ministry of the Interior, in the same exercise as the immigration, fire and prisons services. There is no separate police form, and no other way in.
The figures here are from the 2025/26 exercise, which ran from November to December 2025 with screening from January 2026. Each exercise publishes its own notice; read the current one before you apply.
Who can apply
| Category | Age | Education |
|---|---|---|
| General duty | 18 to 30 | 6 WASSCE credits (A1-C6) including English and Maths, or five BECE credits |
| Tradesmen | Up to 35 | An NVTI or CTVET certificate and a year’s experience |
| Graduates | Up to 30 | A degree, HND or diploma, Second Class Lower or better, and National Service done |
A D7 in English or Maths is a pass, not a credit. — Is D7 a credit?
Height: 173 cm for men and 163 cm for women. You must be Ghanaian, and physically and medically fit to the service’s standards.
Applying
- Check you qualify for the category, then gather your documents: your birth certificate, Ghana Card and certificates, scanned as images. The 2025/26 portal took PNG or JPG files of up to 1.5 MB each.
- Buy the e-voucher for the police, through the USSD code or the bank the notice names. You choose the service when you buy it, so buy the right one.
- Register on the portal with the voucher’s serial number and PIN, fill in the form, choose your category, upload, and submit. You receive an application ID.
- Watch the portal for the shortlist.
- Screening at regional centres: documents checked against the originals, an aptitude test, a physical test, a medical, and an interview.
Places are few. In 2026 the Interior Minister said about 5,000 people would be recruited across the services from hundreds of thousands of applicants.
Payments outside the portal are fraud
The Ministry has said anyone found paying, or dealing with someone who claims to secure a place, is disqualified. The police also warn about fake recruitment adverts on social media: if the police are not recruiting, nobody can sell you a form.
After the police
A police clearance certificate is a different thing entirely - a record check for jobs and visas, which anyone can apply for. — Police clearance certificates
— Joining the immigration service — Joining the Armed Forces