- Ghana’s Commissioner for Education, Dr Eric Nkansah, has offered to sponsor the WAEC awardees for their tertiary education.
- The recipient, Akosua Adjei-Boateng, is also an orphan and was unable to continue his education due to lack of funds.
- She was the best student in the Technical Programme category of the 2023 WASSCE.
Ghana’s Commissioner for Education, Dr Eric Nkansah, has pledged to cover the tertiary education costs of West African Examination Council (WAEC) winners.
The recipient, Akosua Adjei Boateng, despite excelling in the 2023 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), was unable to continue his education due to lack of funds.
She is an orphan and a former student of Juaso High Technical School, Juaso Ashanti, who achieved A grades in all eight subjects in WASSCE.
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Akosua Boateng was named the best candidate in the Technical Programme category.
After her situation was revealed at the WAEC Excellence Awards ceremony, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Dr Nkansa, told the audience that he would support Akosua’s education.
The Ghana News Agency revealed that in a follow-up appointment shortly after the programme, Dr Nkansa had requested to meet Mr Akosua and some of his family members.
Dr Nkansa, who hails from Juaso, received a standing ovation from the audience for his act of kindness.
Akosua aspires to become a civil engineer.
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Two students from St James Seminary Senior High School have bagged WAEC Excellence Awards.
The award recognises outstanding performance in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Bawumia handed over the first batch of free tablets to students of Opoku Ware Senior High School during a campaign tour of the Ashanti Region.
The award ceremony took place on March 21, 2024, at the Council’s meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Amo Kodiye Leonard Kofi Merton, a student of St. James Seminary, won the top prize.
Amo Kodiye said this in his speech. He was honored He was named the Overall Best Student of the 2023 WASSCE.
He is studying medicine at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Two of the recipients were students of St James Seminary.
Coming in second was Zandu Selorum of Labone SHS, currently a medical student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
Another former St James Seminary SHS student, Daniel Asenso Gyambibi, currently studying at Ashesi University, bagged third position.
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Michael Ade excelled in the WASSCE and was admitted to the University of Ghana.
Lack of funds to pay tuition fees It is a major concernThis is especially true as payment deadlines approach.
Source: YEN.com.gh