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Ghana dispatch: legal battle over university’s revocation of visually impaired Ph.D. applicant’s admission could set landmark precedent

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Ghana dispatch: legal battle over university’s revocation of visually impaired Ph.D. applicant’s admission could set landmark precedent

Halima Abena Kyerewah Adam | U. Cape Coast Faculty of Law, GH

September 6, 2024 01:37:52 pm

A visually impaired Ph.D. applicant in Ghana named Isaac Anin Baah has filed a lawsuit against the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), one of the nation’s premier higher educational institutions based in Kumasi, after his admission was unexpectedly revoked. Mr. Baah is represented by Mr. Carruthers Tetteh, a lawyer who is also [...]

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