General News of Saturday, 29 September 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgGIJ could not admit more students due to limited infrastructure - RectorOver 1,040 applicants for the 2018/2019 academic didn't gain admission to GIJThe Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has turned down about 1,040 applicants for the 2018/2019 academic year due to limited infrastructure and resources. Prof Kwansah-Aidoo said this on Friday at the 18th Matriculation ceremony of GIJ to officially admit 2,103 fresh students into its Master’s Degree and Diploma programmes. In all 3,143 applications were received out of which 1,835 are undergraduates and 268 are postgraduate students including foreign nationals. The Rector advised the students to remain focused and stick to their objectives for enrolling in their respective programmes to be able to complete successfully. Mrs Patience Sowah, the Registrar of GIJ, led the students to take the Matriculation Oath.

Source: GhanaWeb September 29, 2018 18:22 UTC