Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow-Obeng has suggested that WASSCE students with grade D7 and E8 in the core subjects be allowed to enter the universities through an access course programme.
He said the only option left for students with those grades was to re-sit the examination thus losing almost a year and added that it was possible for private universities to mount access courses for these students.
Rev. Adow-Obeng, who is the president of the Presbyterian University College (PUC), explained that the access programmes could be done under the supervision of the mentor universities for a specific duration and then be admitted to a full university course.
Speaking at the 15th matriculation of the school at the Akropong campus, he noted that during the A-level times D and E grades qualified people to enter the university and added that “many therefore entered the university with these grades and so let’s consider it seriously”.
The ceremony saw the formal admission of 722 people into the various programmes on the five campuses at Okwahu, Asante-Akyem, Akuapem, Kumasi and Tema to pursue various undergraduate programmes.
Rev Adow-Obeng who is the board chair for the Ghana Broadcasting Corperation mentioned the relief tax given to the private universities as a step in the right direction and while thanking government for that, he also called for the extension of the Getfund for lecturers in the private universities for upgrading.
He announced that to facilitate teaching and learning in the school, the University in collaboration with Vodafone Ghana had issued modems each to the entire student population and each student would enjoy 1.5gigabyte data monthly throughout the year including vacations.
According to him, under this arrangement, there would not be any limitations to students’ access to the internet and advised the students to use the opportunity to research into additional files that would support their academic work.
He cautioned that the PUC was a Christian university and believed that faith in God was key to success and reminded the fresh students that the university’s anthem talked about “hard work, humility, perseverance, faithfulness, and commitment”, that they needed to uphold to build them up.
Source: GNA
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These professors are always lowering standards! And the logic he's using too is pathetically weak... How can you think that Es and Ds were accepted those days so they should be accepted now? What mark did you have to get now to get D or E and what's the equivalent then? Please the universities have more than enough of what they need now... Very soon the professor would be arguing for the need to design access courses for people with Fs. Enough of the mediocre standards that are now the order of the day!
I got 6 E's in SSCE; I manage to enter University later... At the University, i got to know that i was more brilliant than the straight A student from SSCE. I left University with 3.5 GPA . worked as a manger in a company, interviewed and employed some of the SSCE A Straight guys and managed them as well. I am doing very well in my career.i have meet a lot of prominent people , Lectured some university students, served as a mentor to some youths , travelled all over the world etc.They gave the boy with 6 E's from SSS a chance to a University education . I have never mentioned my sss grade to anyone before.
prof nyame nhyira wo paaaaa
GOD BLESS YOU PROF, YOU ARE A FATHER WITH A GOOD HEART WHO HAS FAITH IN PEOPLE. SOME ENTER PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES WITH THESE grades AND THEY END UP DOING BETTER
Well said. This has been long over due.