WASSCE 2025: Lecturer Schools SHS Graduates With D7-F9 Who Want to Gain Admission to KNUST
- A lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology got tongues wagging with his reaction to the 2025 WASSCE
- He advised Ghanaian students who got D7, E8, or F9 on the steps to take if they were still dreaming of studying at the university
- Netizens who reacted to comments made by the KNUST lecturer have shared varied opinions on how he advised the students
Dr Benjamin Osei Appiah, a lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has got tongues wagging with his reaction to the 2025 WASSCE.
This comes after he offered advice to those students who got D7, E8, or F9 results in the exam on the steps they could take to achieve their dreams of studying at the university.
Source: UGC
In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh on TikTok, Dr Benjamin Osei Appiah admonished persons wanting to study at KNUST, who achieved grades D7, E8, and F9, not to apply for admission.
Rather, he advised these students to write the November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates so they can improve their grades.
Dr Osei Appiah said the cut-off point for admission to study at his department, Hospitality and Tourism Studies, for the 2025/2026 academic year was an aggregate of 10 in the examination.
"If you had D7, E8, and F9, don’t buy KNUST forms. The cut-off is 10. Hence, you would have to calculate the best three electives and then, with your English, Mathematics, Science, and EMS, make sure [these subjects] have no D7, no E8. If you have F9, you can go and write Nov/Dec and come back stronger.
"Other universities I know, like the University of Ghana and UEW [University of Education, Winneba], also offer hospitality, but I am speaking for KNUST. If you don’t have a 10, it will be very difficult. You can apply; we have the regular stream, and we have the parallel, so you can apply for regular," he stated.
Watch the TikTok video below:
KNUST cut-off points for various colleges
Meanwhile, the KNUST cut-off points for various courses for the 2025/2026 admissions have also been made public.
For courses such as BSc Computer Science, the cut-off point for consideration is aggregate 07, whereas BSc Actuarial Science is aggregate 10, with BSc Biological Science being aggregate 09.
SHS graduates also seeking to be offered admission to BSc Human Biology must also achieve an aggregate of 06, while those seeking admission to study Law must obtain an aggregate of 06.
This has sparked concern, considering that 50.04 per cent of candidates who sat for this year’s WASSCE had failed Core Mathematics.
Source: Facebook
Reactions to advice by the KNUST lecturer
Social media users who took to the comments section of the video have shared their views on the disclosure by the lecturer.
Bless Son wrote:
“Please, I got 16 but I really want to study Hospitality and Tourism Management.”
Akosuah Kendrick stated:
“I am wondering how many students will be admitted this year.”
Dzidula030 added:
“Okay, my soon-to-be lecturer, I guess, hoping to pursue hospitality.”
Official Naa Queenskid added:
“There’s this girl’s own that I saw, left with the letter T, then she got EFFECT claiming for KNUST. I was like, ‘Herrrrrr, are you even serious?’”
UG advises prospective applicants
Earlier, YEN.com.gh also reported that the University of Ghana had shared updated information for prospective students after the 2025 WASSCE results were released.
In a statement, the university advised prospective undergraduate students to log in to the applications portal and check their details according to the newly released results.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
