HND Secretaryship & Management Studies 

Requirements for the programme

A. SSSCE Holders

1.       Five (5) passes (A-C) in three (3) core subjects, including English Language, Integrated Science/Core Science, Agricultural Science and Mathematics and at least two (2) elective subjects in Business and Secretarial/Accounting or Language Electives or General Arts Electives or Science Electives.

Or

2.       Six Passes (A-D) in all subjects, including English Language, Integrated Science/Core Science, Agricultural Science and Mathematics and at least three (3) elective subjects in Business and Secretarial/Accounting or Language Electives or General Arts Electives or Science Electives.


B. WASSCE Holders

1.       Five (5) passes (A1-C6) in three (3) core subjects, including English Language, Integrated Science/Core Science, Agricultural Science and Mathematics and at least two (2) elective subjects in Business and Secretarial/Accounting or Language Electives or General Arts Electives or Science Electives.

2.       Six Passes (A1-D7) in all subjects, including English Language, Integrated Science/Core Science, Agricultural Science and Mathematics and at least three (3) elective subjects in Business and Secretarial/Accounting or Language Electives or General Arts Electives or Science Electives.


A.    General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE)

Six (6) Passes in General Business Certificate Examination (including English Language, Business, Mathematics and Integrated Science or Social Studies.


B.     G.C.E A Level/RSA Stage III/ Ghana Commercial Examinations Stage III/Advanced Business Certificate Examinations

Two (2) passes Advanced Level in subjects excluding General Paper or Three (3) R.S.A Stage III/ including the English Language.

C.    Advanced Business Certificate Examinations

Four (4) Advanced Business Certificate Examinations (ABCE) pass in any of the following areas:

1.       Diploma in Business Administration

2.       Diploma in Accounting

3.       Diploma in Office Management

4.       Diploma in Information Technology (Passes in this area should include Office Administration and Practice/Human Resource Management/marketing).

D.    NACVET or NVTI


Senior Stenographer Certificate or Stenographer Secretary (i.e. four (4) passes) plus three passes at SSCE/WASSCE/O Level in English and any other two (2) subjects.


E.     Diploma in Business Studies (Secretarial, Management and Accounting option)

Five (5) passes in Diploma in Business Studies


F.     Post-Secondary Teachers Certificate

1.       In addition to Post-Secondary Teachers Training Certificate, applicants must have Five (5) G.C.E. Ordinary Level credit passes in English and Modern Mathematics

OR

2.       Passes in three (3) core subjects (English, Mathematics and Integrated Science/Core Science/Agricultural Science) plus passes in two (2) elective subjects in Business, General Arts or Science.

     J.   Mature Applicants

1.       Must be at least 25 years old

2.       Must have had at least two (2) years of relevant work experience

3.       Must pass a written examination in English and a Special Paper (Office Administration) and/or an interview.

 

J. International Applicants

1.       All foreign qualifications shall be referred to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for determination of equivalences and eligibility for admission to the institution.

2.       Applicants with WAEC qualifications can apply directly to the University.

Evidence of proficiency in English Language will be required in the case of applicants from non -English speaking countries.  International applicants are also requested to acquire Non-Citizens Ecowascard as a pre-requisite for regularization of admission. International applicants who fail to provide evidence of having acquired this card will not have their admissions regularized.