Daily Graphic

While the conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (chass) took place at Cape Coast on Thrusday, Mrs. Alice Agyeman, central Regional Chairman of Chass, brought up the problem Senior Secondary School (SSS) students have to face when gaining admission into universities. As the Daily Graphic reports on February 13, students who want to study business at the University of Ghana or Cape Coast need a credit in Additional Mathematics, although these courses are not compulsory at SSS. Even the best grades a student can achieve, denies his/her access to busienss-studies. Mrs. Agyeman called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the universities themselves to change and renew university entry requirements and coordinate successful governments. The Minister of Education, Mr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, also present at the conference, stated to examine the concerns and asked the GES to stop such insufficient measures. But because the Minister also called on counselling teachers to guide students in choosing their subjects in advance for further education, it is questionable that measures will be undertake to improve the old system.