THE Ho Polytechnic has offerred admission to 1,901 new students out of a total of 3,966 who applied for consideration for admission in the current academic year.
Out of the 3,966 applications, 3,125 were given admission letters but only 1901 reported for matriculation.
The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr J.V.K Afun disclosed this at the 18th matriculation ceremony held at the polytechnic last Thursday.
He said female enrolment was still low and noted that the trend of low female entry appeared to be due to the phobia of ladies for technical subjects stating that there were no females in B-Tech, HND Agriculture Engineering, B-Tech Auto Engineerig and HND Statistics.
He furthermore said that there was no female enrolment in Production Engineering, electrical Engineering and Electronic Technician, and construction technician courses , and that with this trend the polytechnic had not reached the target of at least 40 per cent for female admissions.
Dr Afun told the new students that a new specialised computer laboratory had been set up at the Department of Statistics and a second laboratory at the Department of Accountancy with funds from the Teaching And Learning Innovation Fund(TALIF) fund of the World Bank.
He urged the students to make maximum use of the facility in order to fit into the new world which is functional on a good knowledge of Information and Communication Technology(ICT).
He advised them to manage their time properly to achieve their goals, adding that they should avail themselves to a regimen of discipline that translates into excellent classroom and laboratory work, hands-on skills and field work under the supervision of their lecturers.
The acting registrar of the polytechnic, Mr . S. Afenyo Dehlor administered the matriculation oath and declaration of obedience to the new students.
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