UCC to give concession to students from deprived schools

Cape Coast, Oct. 9, GNA - The University of Cape Coast will, as from the 2004/2005 academic year, give special concession to students from the less endowed senior secondary schools with regard to admissions.

This is to enhance access to tertiary education for such students with the view to creating some form of parity between them and their counterparts from the more endowed schools.

Mr Jeff Teye Onyame, Public Relations Officer of the university, told the GNA in an interview that the decision was taken early this year by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (CVCP).

He said entry requirements for such students would not be "rigid" and that if, for instance, the cut-off point for admission for a particular course is aggregate nine for a student from an endowed school the one from a deprived school with aggregate 11 or 12 may be considered for admission.

Mr Onyame said: ''All public universities will, in the course of time, implement the policy. When it is in full operation it will prevent the situation where university admissions will be dominated by students from the more endowed schools."

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology began implementing the policy this academic year.