Best WASSCE graduate denied admission to study Medicine at KNUST

Europa 11:04 - 03 April 2017

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Pius is currently reading his second choice programme, Doctor of Optometry, at the KNUST, but he has indicated that he will reapply.

A 19-year-old student who has been adjudged the best secondary school graduate in all of West Africa has been denied admission into the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Medical School.

Pius Kyere, a graduate from St James Seminary and Secondary School in the Brong Ahafo Region scored straight As in all eight subjects at the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Below is Pius' results:

He was shortlisted for an interview process for admission into the Medical School. But it appears that Pius could not pass the oral examination.

He told Accra-based Joy FM that during the interview process, he was asked among other things, to indicate what Alex Fergusson - former Manchester United manager - does on the pitch.

Many have since condemned the University over the incident, saying that the authorities could have done better with the selection process.

But the Public Relations Officer at the KNUST, Kwame Yeboah Jnr, has explained that the University decided to resort to the interview process to enable it to give an equal opportunity to other qualified graduates to be selected.

He said Pius Kyere was not able to get admission because the Medical School received more applications than it could admit.