KNUST Freshman Sampson Dabanyi With 8As In WASSCE Receives Scholarship For His Medical Degree
- A KNUST student, Sampson Dabanyi, has obtained a full scholarship to finance his medical education
- The prodigy, 20, got support from Zhenjiang Tang, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited
- In an interview, Dr Antwiwaa Yiadom-Boakye discussed similar challenges medical students face regardless of their school
A Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology (KNUST) medical student, Sampson Dabanyi, has received a full scholarship to finance his education.
The prodigy's ambition to become a medical doctor received support from Zhenjiang Tang, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited, a Shandong Gold Group Limited subsidiary.
Source: UGC
A bright rural boy
The indigene of Worawora, a predominantly farming community in Ghana's Oti Region, completed Kpandu Senior High School, where he earned 8As in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Dabanyi, 20, enrolled at KNUST but needed help to fund his medical education due to financial constraints and his family's deprived background. The BSc Human Biology student at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at KNUST received financial support from the CEO.
Funding support
He collected a cheque of GH¢20,000 from Tang in the presence of his mother and three brothers, said the GNA.
Tang pledged to support Dabanyi's six-year medical education with an annual fund of GH¢20,000 to be paid in July yearly; GH¢10,000 will be delivered to the university, and the remaining GH¢10,000 will be given to the learner for his upkeep.
Dabanyi aspires to graduate, become a surgeon or neurosurgeon, and give back to his community. The business organisation posted his achievements and WASSCE results on LinkedIn, which received accolades.
In an interview about similar challenges medical students face regardless of the school they attend, Dr Antwiwaa Yiadom-Boakye said:
''It's living up to people's expectations because when you immediately mention being in medical school, people automatically think you're so clever, you have everything under control, and it's easy to do it. The notion that you must live up to family and friends' expectations makes revealing your weaknesses and struggles difficult. It's the pressure to live up to expectations,'' she told YEN.com.gh.
When asked how she triumphed over the difficulties she faced, Dr Antwiwaa Yiadom-Boakye added:
''You must develop tougher skin at every year of medical school since it becomes more difficult and draining each time. To keep going, you need to know who your support system is, and for me, it was God. It was difficult, but God saw me through the six years. My family and friends who supported me continuously told me I was good and could make it,'' she said.
See the WASSCE results of Sampson Dabanyi below:
Source: UGC
Reactions to Dabanyi's milestone
YEN.com.gh compiles some of the comments.
Francis Blay-Miah commented:
Congratulations Sampson Dabanyi.
Delove Mpenuah said:
Congratulations.
Cardinal Namdini posted:
Congratulations Sampson.
Samuel Agyin-Mensah said:
God bless your business, Cardinal Mining.
Yaw Divine commented:
God is great. Congratulations.
Boys who wrote exams in same SHS become doctors
Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that Two friends who wrote their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) together in Ghana have become medical doctors.
The duo attended and studied the same course in a Ghanaian senior high school, where they wrote the West African Examinations Council's (WAEC) WASSCE before heading to the same university.
X user, formerly Twitter FestusLivingst1, disclosed that they both attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
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Source: YEN.com.gh
