Admission requirements for Tamale Polytechnic

Admission requirements for Tamale Polytechnic are as follows;

Entry Requirement

A. HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND)PROGRAMMES
1.Arts, Humanities andBusinessProgrammes

a) HND Accountancy Morning Session

b) HND Accountancy Evening Sessions

c)HND Secretaryship and Management StudiesMorning Session

d) HND Secretaryship and Management Studies Evening Session

e) HNDMarketingMorning Session

f) HND Marketing Evening Session

g) HNDFashion, Design and Textiles

h) HND Industrial Arts (Leather Works, Ceramics, Painting & Decorating and textiles options)

i) HNDTourism

j) HND Mass and Media Communication Morning Session

k) HND Mass and Media Communication Evening Session

Entry requirement for Arts, Humanities andBusiness(Direct Entry)

(i) WASSCE /SSSCE Candidates: Three(3) core subjects (A1 – D7 / A – D) comprising English Language,Mathematicsand Social Studies or Integrated Science, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects (A1 – C6 / A – D) .

(ii) GBCE/RSA II Candidates: Credit passes (A-D) in five (5) subjects comprising three(3) core subjects including English language, Mathematics plus two (2) relevant elective subjects.

(iii) DBS/ABC/RSA III /Senior Stenographer Candidates: Applicants must possess the following certificates; DBS Certificate or Diploma Certificate in ABCE or Diploma certificate in RSA III, in addition to four WASSCE credit passes (A1-C6) or four SSSCE passes (A-D) or four GBCE passes or four RSA II passes including English Language and Mathematics.

(iv) GCE Advance Level Candidates: Passes in Three (3) relevant subjects and five (5) credit passes in five (5) GCE ‘O’ Level subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

2. Science andTechnologyProgrammes

a.HND Mechanical Engineering(Plant, Production& Automobile options)

b.HND Agricultural Engineering

c.HND Building Technology

d. HND Statistics

e. HND Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management (HCIM) Morning Session

f. HND Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management (HCIM) Evening Session

g. HND Electricals/ Electronics Engineering

h. HND Information and Communication Technology Morning Session

i. HND Information and Communication Technology Evening Session

Entry requirements for Science and Technology Programmes (Direct Entry)

(i) WASSCE /SSSCE Candidates: Three(3) core subjects (A1 – D7 / A – D) comprising English Language, Mathematics and Integrated Science, plus three (3) relevant elective subjects (A1 – C6 / A – D).

(i) GCE Advance Level Candidates: Passes in Three (3) relevant subjects and five (5) credit passes in five (5) GCE ‘O’ Level subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

(ii) Technical School (Certificate II) Applicants (NABPTEX &TEU)

Applicants must have passes (A-E) in English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science or social studies plus three (3) passes (A-E) in relevant elective subjects.

(iii) Technician Applicants (MET 1 / MVT 1 / AET 1 / AMW)

Applicants with Technician certificate (Part I and Part II) must have four (4)

SSSCE/WASSCE Credits including English Language and Mathematics.

(v) Access Applicants

Passes in English language, Mathematics and Science organized by

NABPTERX , plus intermediate certificate or SSSCE/WASSCE passes in one (1) core subject, one (1) science elective subject and any other science subject

Other entry Requirements

Certificates or Diplomas holders from recognized higher institutions are eligible to apply for any related HNDprogramme. However, such Diplomas/Certificates must be accredited by the NationalAccreditationBoard (NAB).

General Entry Requirement for Mature HND Applicants

Applicants who have evidence of completing school at Advanced or Technical programmes, GCE ‘O’ Level, GCE “A” Level, ABC, RSA, Stenographer, WASSCE/SSSCE, Teachers certificate or any recognizededucationand obtained the age of 25 years and above but have not met the above stated requirements are eligible to apply as mature candidates.

In addition, such applicants:

a) Must pass a written examination and an interview to be conducted by the Polytechnic.

b) Must provide evidence of at least two (2) years working experience.

c) Must provide a Birth Certificate at the interview.

The above are the Admission requirements forTamale Polytechnic

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