Students in Private Universities are not leftovers-Lord Asamoah

GNA – Dr. Lord Emmanuel Asamoah, Principal, Garden City University College (GCUC), has debunked public perception that students who do not gain admission to public university and enter a private university as leftovers.
He said the arbitrary cutoff measure by public universities following the surge of university education in the past has resulted in a situation that denies admission to the majority of qualified applicants.
Applicant with an aggregate score of 24 in six subjects technically qualifies for admission to a public university in Ghana.
Addressing the third matriculation of the College at Kenyase near Kumasi, Dr. Asamoah said private universities gave every qualified applicant the opportunity to prove himself or herself.
The current student enrolment of the University College which started with 47, in 2005 stands at nearly 1,800 and the matriculation led to the induction of 769 fresh students made up of 414 men and 315 women.
They would pursue programmes in nursing, business and information and communication technology.
The Principal said instances could be cited where students with average performance in general examinations have turned out to be first class performance when they managed to enter universities and polytechnics.
Dr. Asamoah asked the students to understand the fact that the success of their academic careers in the university depended on their attitude to academic work and the way they conduct themselves morally and socially in the College.
“Stay away from any acts of commission or omission that have the tendency to bring the name and image of your families and this institution into disrepute or disgrace”, he said.
The High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, in an address read for him, urged the students to work hard and use their youthful exuberance to support and promote the unity and progress of Ghana and its sister communities in West Africa.
He said the youth of today are the agents of change and there was no need for students to waste their energies on useless ventures that would retard the development of the nation.
GNA