{"id":722670,"date":"2019-10-14T11:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T11:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/14\/knust-vc-pledges-major-free-shs-admission\/"},"modified":"2019-10-14T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T11:11:55","slug":"knust-vc-pledges-major-free-shs-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/14\/knust-vc-pledges-major-free-shs-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"KNUST VC Pledges Major Free SHS Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso <\/strong><\/p>\n

THE VICE Chancellor
\nof the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor
\nKwasi Obiri-Danso, has committed the university to absorb a chunk of the first
\nbatch of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) students in the next academic
\nyear.<\/p>\n

With the
\nestablishment of KNUST Obuasi campus, he believes the university now has the
\ncapacity to contribute to the President\u2019s vision of expanding access to
\neducation in Ghana through the implementation of the \u201cbold Free SHS policy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Addressing 343 matriculates for the newly created campus on Friday, Prof. Obiri-Danso thanked President Akufo-Addo for magnanimously agreeing to the establishment of the KNUST Obuasi campus. He assured him of the university\u2019s commitment to support the Free SHS policy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n

\u201cThe university welcomed
\nthe good news when it (the idea) was mooted since it was in line with our
\nstrategic plan to increase access to science and technology education in the
\ncountry,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to extend my
\ndeepest appreciation to President Akufo-Addo for believing in us and making the
\nchoice to give us this beautiful and serene environment for the start of this
\nuniversity in spite of the stiff opposition from other universities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Prof. Obiri-Danso
\nsaid he was sure that the Chancellor of the university, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II,
\nthe Asantehene, would also be happy that they had been able to fulfill his
\ndream of a university campus in Obuasi which would certainly revive once again
\neconomic activities in the Obuasi town.<\/p>\n

According to him, a
\ntotal of 56,548 candidates applied for admission to the university of which
\n43,877 met admission requirement, but KNUST was able to register 22,011
\nstudents made up of 13,189 males and 8,822 females.<\/p>\n

This, he indicated,
\nhad shot up the female population of the institution which is about 40.1 per cent.<\/p>\n

For the admission to
\nKNUST Obuasi campus, he said the numbers were very encouraging since it was the
\nfirst admission exercise on the new campus which registered 343 students with
\n238 of them being males and 105 females.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our hope that
\nour numbers will increase in subsequent years because of the publicity,\u201d he
\nnoted and added that programmes on offer at the campus were BSc Civil Engineering,
\nMechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Geological Engineering,
\nGeomantic Engineering, Environmental Science and Business Administration
\n(Logistics and Supply Chain Management).<\/p>\n

The Managing Director
\nof AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Eric Asubonteng, who graced the ceremony, told the
\nmedia that the company was excited about the commencement of the university
\ncampus.<\/p>\n

According to him, the
\npresence of the university campus would help diversify the local economy of
\nObuasi and the Adansi state in general.<\/p>\n

He said the
\nuniversity would again offer the company the technical skills required for its
\noperations as the focus of programmes is engineering. <\/p>\n

From Ernest Kofi Adu, Obuasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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