UDS: Ghanaian Lady Clinches Best Graduating Female Student Title At School Of Allied Health Sciences

UDS: Ghanaian Lady Clinches Best Graduating Female Student Title At School Of Allied Health Sciences

  • Shamsiyatu Abdulai is a Ghanaian medical student who just became the Best Graduating Female Student at the SAHS and MLSD of UDS
  • The 2023 history maker gleaned a 4.58 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) to grab the coveted title among her peers
  • Dr Amankrah, a Ghanaian health practitioner, expressed excitement about Shamsiyatu Abdulai's achievement in an interview with YEN.com.gh

Ghanaian Shamsiyatu Abdulai has just broken barriers as the 2023 Best Graduating Female Medical Laboratory Sciences Department (MLSD) student at the University for Development Studies (UDS)

She also made history as this year's best female student at the School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS).

Photo of Shamsiyatu Abdulai.
Ghanaian lady emerges Best Graduating Student at UDS School of Allied Health Sciences. Photo credit: @udsvibes (X)/avgust01.
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Shamsiyatu earned a 4.58 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), placing her at the top of her class.

The young lady dealt with her share of difficulties, including learning and navigating the challenges during the peak of the pandemic, but prevailed. Shamsiyatu's achievement will inspire many people, particularly young girls. The UDS Vibes posted her accomplishment on X, where people reached out to react.

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Speaking to YEN.com.gh, Ghanaian health practitioner Dr Amankrah expressed excitement about Shamsiyatu Abdulai's milestone.

''It's lovely to see women excel in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Even though there are fields that are men-dominated, women can excel there. Some of the best doctors I've come across are women.
''It's always challenging for everyone in her field to emerge as the best student, but she's done it. I'm happy for her. I'll urge her to excel and continue doing great things,'' he told YEN.com.gh.

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Boys who wrote WASSCE 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.

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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).

Lady named Overall Best Graduating Diploma in Midwifery student

Also, YEN.com.gh reported that Ghanaian Kate Agyakomah emerged as the overall best graduating student in the seventh cohort of the Diploma in Midwifery programme at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).

She won the title over her peers with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.0 at the university's graduation ceremony. The Voice of UCC took to Twitter to accentuate the accomplishment of the hardworking lady. Since the post surfaced, more than 8,200 people have seen it, receiving 28 retweets, 515 likes, and tons of comments from online users.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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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.