More than 30,000 candidates who
were successful in the 2014 West
Africa Senior School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE) may not
be able to access university
education in the 2014/2015
academic year.
This is because two major public
universities – the Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science
and Technology (KNUST) and the
University of Cape Coast (UCC) –
had closed admissions for the
2014/2015 academic year long
before the results were released.
Deadlines
The KNUST and UCC closed the
submission of applications by
qualified candidates for
admission on April 11 and April
30, 2014 respectively.
Confirming the position of the
two public universities, the
Deputy Minister of Education in
charge of Tertiary Education, Mr
Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, said
they explained that per their
programmes, it was too late for
them to entertain new
applications at the time the
results were released.
Admissions in progress
The University of Ghana, Legon,
the University for Development
Studies (UDS), the University of
Mines and Technology (UMaT)
and the University of Education,
Winneba, are, however, offering
admissions to qualified
applicants.
Earlier this year, the four
universities announced that the
2014 WASSCE candidates, who
were awaiting their results,
would be permitted to apply for
admission.
The Ministry of Education had
earlier this year given an
assurance that the candidates
would not be denied admission
to the public universities of their
choice, explaining that all public
universities were supposed to
reserve quotas for those who
were to write the WASSCE this
year.
Way forward
“Moving forward, we want to
have an arrangement between the
West African Examinations
Council (WAEC) and the
universities so that this does not
recur because government’s
policy is that immediately you
finish, you should be able to
transit to the next level once you
have met the entry
requirements,“ Mr Okudzeto-
Ablakwa said.
He commended the universities
that had been able to offer
admissions to the 2014
candidates, adding that “we think
that between the universities and
the WAEC, they should be able to
find a common ground for this
new transition to take place”.
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