Overview
Admission
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Program Overview
The Higher National Diploma (HND) in Secretaryship and Management Studies program is designed to provide a vocationally oriented and career-focused higher education program.
This will enhance skills required in fostering efficient management of public and private sector organizations in Ghana. The program will foster access and academic progression for Senior High School students and all suitably qualified persons to undergraduate education in a Technical University. It will as well train middle-level graduates who would be resourced and equipped to provide relevant and modern secretarial management with knowledge on how to advance the corporate governance systems of business organizations in the public and private sectors of the National economy respectively. The prospect for further growth remains very bright.
The Higher National Diploma also offers students the opportunity to enroll in a one-year Bachelor of Technology Top-Up course, enabling them to earn a Degree certificate and continue their education if they choose to.
Admission Requirements
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO HND SECRETARYSHIP AND MGT. STUDIES
1. Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSSCE), West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE)
The general requirements for admission of WASSCE, SSSCE and GBCE candidates to first degree programmes are three (3) credit passes in three core subjects and three (3) credit passes in three relevant elective subjects.
i. SSSCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects.
ii. WASSCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A1-D7) in six (6) subjects comprising three subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus three (3) relevant subjects.
( Eg. Typing, Business Management, Clerical Office Duties, French and General Arts Courses)
iii. GBCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A-D) in six (6) subjects comprising three core subjects including English Language and Mathematics plus three (3) relevant elective subjects
2. General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level Candidates
Passes in three (3) subjects (at least, one of the passes should be Grade D or better). Also, the applicant must have had credit passes (Grade 6) in five GCE Ordinary Level subjects including English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject (for non-science students) and an Arts subject (for Science students).
3. Mature Students’ Entry
Mature students entry avenues to tertiary education provide opportunities for people who could not do so earlier in their lives to further their education at the tertiary level after some years in the workplace. Such applicants should normally not exceed 5% (for Public Tertiary Educational Institutions) and 20% (for Private Tertiary Educational Institutions) of the total admissions of an institution in a given academic year.
i. The applicant must be at least 25 years old, and show proof of age with birth certificate or any legitimate documentary proof of date of birth which is at least 5 years old at the time of application;
ii. For admission into chartered institutions, applicant must pass Mature Students’ Entrance Examinations conducted by the institution itself (English Language, Mathematics and an Aptitude Test);
iii. In the case of non-chartered institutions, the examinations will be moderated and the marked scripts, vetted by their Mentor Institution. In lieu of such examinations, the applicant should show proof of credit passes in English Language and Mathematics in WASSCE or any other nationally recognised standard High School level examinations (for qualifications from countries outside WAEC’s aegis).
4. Advanced Business Certificate Examination (ABCE) Candidates
Full Diploma Certificate in ABCE. Also, the applicant must have had credit passes in five (5) subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science or Social Studies in the General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE) or Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) or West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). ABCE candidates may be considered for admission at level 200 of a degree programme.