UMaT Graduation: Hearing-Impaired Ghanaian Lady Earns Master's In Business Technology Management from School

UMaT Graduation: Hearing-Impaired Ghanaian Lady Earns Master's In Business Technology Management from School

  • A hearing-impaired Ghanaian lady named Lydia Abayie Acquah has received a master's degree from the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT)
  • She bagged a Master of Business Technology Management (MBTM) with a CWA of 76.80% from the Ghanaian establishment
  • Acquah's accomplishment, which was shared on Voice of KNUST, elicited responses from online users

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Lydia Abayie Acquah, a hearing-impaired Ghanaian lady, has graduated with a master's degree from the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT).

During the recently concluded 14th Congregation, the tenacious woman earned a Master of Business Technology Management (MBTM) degree with a Cumulative Weighted Average (CWA) of 76.80% from the Faculty of Integrated Management Science.

Abayie Acquah overcomes impediments

Acquah has had hearing loss since she was around 10 years old, according to the university.

Photos of Lydia Abayie Acquah.
Hearing-impaired GH lady bags master's degree to graduate from UMaT. Photo credit: @UMaT_EDU_GH.
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She was fortunate to have parents who valued her education and supported her along the way despite experiencing substantial obstacles to schooling as a deaf child in normal schools.

The graduate of Tarkwa Senior Secondary School and Mampong Akwapim Secondary Technical School For The Deaf improved herself academically, socially, and spiritually to overcome her obstacles.

Acquah earned a BSc in Business Administration (Human Resources) from the University of Ghana before enrolling at the University for her postgraduate studies.

She has since dedicated herself to inspiring other persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to pursue their education and reach their full potential.

The determined lady added to her list of accomplishments when she recently walked across the stage to receive her master's degree in Business Technology Management, focusing on Management Information Systems (MIS) from UMaT.

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Acquah's accomplishment, shared on Voice of KNUST, gathered reactions from netizens.

See her photos below:

Brilliant lady graduates as valedictorian of College of Health and Allied Sciences

Still on education, YEN.com.gh reported that a brilliant lady named Emmanuella Obike was adjudged the valedictorian of the University of Cape Coast's (UCC) College of Health and Allied Sciences.

The genius earned a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.879 to graduate as the Best Graduating Student from the college for 2023.

Obike delivered the valedictory speech during one of the sessions of the UCC 55TH Congregation, where she stood behind a podium in her stunning graduation gown.

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.