Tertiary institutions in the country have started the process to admit fresh students for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Adjusting to the disruptions caused to the academic year by COVID-19, many of the institutions have extended their application deadline from June-July to the end of September to provide windows of opportunity for applicants who missed out initially.
Some of the tertiary institutions are the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the Accra Technical University (ATU), the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and the University of Ghana, Legon.
Others include the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), and private ones such as Central University and Ashesi University.
In separate interviews with the Daily Graphic, the institutions said all the necessary arrangements had been put in place to begin the admissions process. However, for the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-2021 academic year would have begun for most of the institutions by now but reopening has been put on hold as schools remain closed as the government’s intervention to halt the spread of the virus.
The situation has compelled most institutions to complete the 2019-2020 academic year with online lectures and examinations while special dispensation was also given to some group of final-year students to report to school to complete their programmes towards graduation.
This also affected first-year admissions as the rescheduling of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from May-June to August-September affected the first-year admission timelines.
