Kumasi City Campus of the University of Ghana opens.

The University of Ghana has formally inaugurated its Kumasi City campus to provide higher-quality education to students who were not admitted to the main campus.

The event also happened to be the first time 26 undergraduate students were enrolled for the 2023–2024 school year. Originally founded as one of the College of Education’s two satellite campuses, the campus is fully accredited to provide undergraduate business administration curricula leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.

Growth

The University of Ghana’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo, stated that the goal behind the creation of the numerous city campuses was to enable the university to provide its first-rate services to students in other parts of the nation.

She pointed out that this would make it possible for university administrators to maintain a manageable staff size throughout all campuses, ensuring excellent instruction, learning, and effective lecturing to develop students into citizens capable of responding to both domestic and international issues.

Unfortunately, due to a lack of facilities and resources to accommodate a big intake, the university had to turn down the applications of many deserving students who wanted to attend the Legon campus.

“To improve their chances of being admitted to pursue a program with the premium university, we, therefore, encourage prospective students and guardians to seriously consider the programs we offer at the various city campuses,” the spokesperson stated.

enrollment of women

Prof. Amfo reports that the university accepted 11,246 students for the 2023–2024 academic year, of whom 56.6% were female and 46.4% were male. This shows the university’s dedication to affirmative action for women and its policy.

She committed to building a top-notch urban campus with all the amenities needed to help the university fulfil its goals and objectives. The city campus implementation team received praise from the vice chancellor for their dedication and was advised to make sure the campuses had adequate resources and were developed to a semi-autonomous status.

Taking the lead

Prof. Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, the acting principal of the Kumasi City campus, advised the recently admitted students to take precautions in establishing a strong network that would offer career prospects and mentorship following their studies.

He exhorted the students to welcome fresh starts with an open mind and to foster an atmosphere that valued variety and brilliance in critical thinking while providing the necessary resources for success.

Obstacles

Tracy Afi Agossa, a matriculation class representative, stated that one of the biggest issues they were dealing with was housing because the majority of them had to commute financially from their homes to university.

She urged the administration to think about building a hostel to reduce the stress on the pupils.