UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES INTO DIPLOMA AND FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMMES 2020/2021 ACADEMIC YEAR Applications for admission into  Undergraduate and Diploma programmes  in the University for Development Studies (UDS) are now open. Only applicants with the following qualifications are eligible to apply: REGULAR STUDY APPLICANTS Regular applicants – West African Senior Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE) holders Regular applicants – HND/Diploma Certificates holders Regular applicants – State Registered Nurses (SRN) Mature applicants – West African Senior Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE) holders Access applicants – HND/Diploma certificate, NAC holders NB : candidates awaiting their WASSCE results are eligible to apply. DISTANCE STUDY APPLICANTS Distance Applicants – Senior Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE/SSCE) and GCE ‘O’ Level Distance applicants – HND/Diploma Certificates, State Registered Nu...

‘Be patient, we’ll pay delayed arrears’ – Students Loan Trust Fund to beneficiaries johnbullet January 30, 2020 The Students Loan Trust Fund has appealed to its beneficiaries to exercise patience over the delayed disbursement of funds due them for the 2019/2020 academic year. Some affected beneficiaries had already given management of the fund one-week ultimatum to pay up or face their wrath. In response to the concerns of the beneficiaries, the Head of Public Relations at the Trust Fund, George Ferguson Laing, told Citi News that his outfit is engaging with relevant stakeholders including the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and the Ministries of Education and Finance to ensure payments are effected soon. “The impression is being created in the public space that we are not paying at all which is not correct. We cannot have administration by ultimatum. We are doing what we can. It is not helpful for our most important stakeholder; students to be giving us unrealistic ti...

Some students beneficiaries to Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) threaten demonstration to delay in disbursement.                                                                                                    PRESS RELEASE The etymology of Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) was that it was established in December, 2005 under the trustee incorporation Act 1962 and Act 820 with the main focus and objective of providing financial support and resources for the sound management of the trust for the benefit of students and to help promote and facilitate the national ideals enshrined in the article 28 and 38 of the 1992 constitution. Pursuant to Article 28 clause 4 and Article 38 clause 1, we think the establishment of this trust fund is not ...