University of Ghana rejects 39,645 qualified applicants

downloadThe University of Ghana has rejected about 39,645 qualified applicants who sought admis­sion lo pursue both undergradu­ate and graduate programmes in the 2013/2014 academic year.

Though about 37,507 under­graduates and 2,138 graduates were denied admission, the Uni­versity, however, managed to admit and enroll more students this academic year than it did last year.

Professor Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor of the University made this known during a matriculation ceremony marking formal induc­tion of fresh students into the uni­versity.

“We are faced with the painful decision of having to turn down the applications of many otherwise well qualified applicants due to limitations of staff and facilities,” he said.

This year, he said, the Univer­sity received 52,202 undergradu­ate and sub-degree applications comprising 23,966 females and 28,236 males.

He said despite the constraints, the school admitted 14,695 appli­cants and projects to bring on board 5,400 more on the distance learning programme, saying this is sity was able to admit 3,630 stu­dents.

This is against the 18,303 under­graduate and sub-degree applicants as well as 2,547 graduate applicants who were offered admission in the 2012/2013 academic year.

The Vice Chancellor explained that the situation was worse this year owing to the fact that two groups of students sat the West African Se­nior School Certificate Examina­tion in May/June 2013.

He added that the results of many eligible applicants were released by the West African Examination Council after the University had ac­cessed the results of applicants and at a time when admission quotas had already been met.

But since the release of the de­layed results, the University even­tually had to start with admissions culminating in the rejection of 881 applicants who obtained between aggregates six and nine, he said

 

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