University of Ghana reschedules reporting date for 2017/2018 freshmen

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]anagement of the University of Ghana has revealed that the admission process of applicants for the 2017/2018 academic year is ongoing, with the release of the first list of admissions.

In a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs Mrs. Stella Amoah on Wednesday, ‘applicants may continue to check the status of their application from the University website,www.ug.edu.gh’.

The University also made it clear that the reporting date for freshmen for the first semester of the 2017/18 academic year had been changed to August 28 – September 2, 2017.

The statement also warned ‘parents and guardians and the public of imposters who may promise admissions in return for monetary rewards or other favours’, adding that the public should be ‘vigilant, so as not to fall prey to such individuals or groups of persons’.

Below is the full statement:

University of Ghana would like to inform applicants for the 2017/18 academic year that the admissions process is ongoing, with the release of the first list of admissions. Applicants may continue to check the status of their application from the University website, www.ug.edu.gh.

In line with our stringent processes for admission into the University of Ghana, we wish to remind applicants and the public that only applicants who are considered eligible will be notified and offered admission. The University of Ghana would therefore like to inform applicants, parents and guardians and the public to be wary of imposters who may promise admissions in return for monetary rewards or other favours and further calls on the public to be vigilant, so as not to fall prey to such individuals or groups of persons.

The University wishes to further inform the public that an effective monitoring and surveillance system has been put in place to ensure the integrity of the admissions process. Any person or groups of persons who attempt to interfere with the process would be apprehended and handed over to the Police and made to face full rigours of the law.

University of Ghana would like to take this opportunity to inform freshmen/women that they are required to report for the first semester of the 2017/18 academic year from August 28 – September 2, 2017. Teaching begins on Monday, September 4, 2017 after the mandatory orientation for Level 100 students which will take place at the Great Hall from August 30 – September 2, 2017.

Stella A. Amoa (Mrs.)

Director of Public Affairs

August 15, 2017