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General News on Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2018-11-27
play the videoPeter Quartey
First- and second-year high school students will currently have difficulty accessing higher education from 2020, even though they would have qualified.
This is due to the fact that higher education institutions currently do not have the capacity to absorb future graduates whose number has increased considerably following the implementation of the high school free policy. by the government.
About 430,000 students were admitted to high schools in 2018/2019, 90,000 more than the previous year, according to the Ministry of Education.
Current high school and high school students will find it very difficult to access higher education from 2020, when they would qualify.
This is due to the fact that higher education institutions currently do not have the capacity to absorb future graduates whose number has increased considerably following the implementation of the high school free policy. by the government.
About 430,000 students were admitted to high schools in 2018/2019, 90,000 more than the previous year, according to the Ministry of Education.
The economics professor at the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) says it bluntly, universities are currently not able to let in those who will have the minimum entry qualifications .
In 2014/2015, the number of students enrolled in public and private higher education institutions in the country rose to 319,659. This figure is expected to triple, which will prompt Professor Quartey to alert the government not to wait [free SHS graduates] get to the university "before you start looking for solutions.
Because it will not work, he warned.
"Let's start planning because the numbers have doubled [and] universities do not have the necessary capacity, "suggested the professor.
By 2015, the University of Ghana reportedly rejected more than 17,000 Ghanaian students who had applied to pursue various programs. The decision was mainly due to the limited number of facilities and staff in the school, among other factors.
Professor Quartey, for example, mentioned last year that parents of some 11,000 first-year students admitted to the country's first university only had to compete for 3,000 beds, which is why 39, he described as "very frustrating".
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