Winneba, Oct. 14, GNA-Ninety percent of this year's

admissions offered by the authorities of the University of

Education, Winneba, went to students of various Senior

Secondary Schools (SSS) who qualified to enter into

University. This is in fulfillment of the University's policy of producing

more teachers to tackle the challenges posed by the

increased enrolments in basic schools as a result of the

capitation grant scheme, the school feeding and bussing

programme introduced by the government. Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah, Vice-Chancellor of

the University, announced this at the 14th matriculation at

which fresh students were sworn in at a ceremony at

Winneba, at the weekend. He said the University would not relent in its efforts at

training compentent teachers and educational

administrators to effectively handle current and upcoming

challenges to ensure successful development of pre-tertiary

education in Ghana. Prof. Anamuah-Mensah said out of a total of 7,446

qualified applicants, 4,627 constituting 62 percent gained

admission to pursue various programmes of study at the

Bachelor of Education level. He said 1,300 females constituting 28 percent of the total

fresh students were admitted, adding that in the Winneba

campus, out of a total of 4,533 qualified applicants, 3,121

made up of 2,112 male and 1009 females were admitted. The Vice-Chancellor said in the College of Technology,

Kumasi, some 1073 fresh students made up of 841 males

and 232 females gained admission out of the 2386 qualified

applicants. He said out of the 543 qualified students seeking

admission to the College of Agriculture, 433 made up of 374

men and 59 women secured admission.