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Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum
Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum calls on public higher education institutions to allow students who achieve the D7 to have a fair chance to access higher education.
According to the minister, institutions must create access for these students through innovative programs.
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says he does not understand why students’ academic path should be cut short just because they had a D7 in WASSCE.
Speaking during the taking of the oath and the inauguration of the boards of directors of certain public technical universities, the minister instructed the schools to innovate and create access programs for these students.
“Our gross enrollment rate in higher education is 18.8%, South Korea is 73.6%, so no nation has been able to transform without reaching a 40-50% rate. enrollment in higher education. Mauritius is 40%, you go there and everything changes.
“Our 18% will not change Ghana and that is why the president set an agenda of 40%, what that also means is that you have to start looking at your programs, more degree programs for the students to sitting at home with D7 find a place in your facility.
“There are institutions that say we don’t get the numbers but what happened to support the students offering degree courses, electrical engineering and after that you are going to see the numbers go up? and after that they can go to work.
“And then if they want to continue, they can continue. The D7 should therefore not be seen as a barrier for students entering higher education.
Currently, most public universities have defined the C6 as the minimum score a student can achieve on the West African Secondary School Certificate Exam (WASSCE) to qualify for enrollment.
While some have questioned this, many changes have not been made to the requirement as many students have to rewrite these courses in order to enroll in higher education institutions.
According to Dr Adutwum, these students must be given the opportunity to prove themselves.
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