A visually impaired PhD applicant has sued the Kwame Nkrumah College of Science and Expertise (KNUST) for discrimination and neglect in its admissions processes.
Isaac Anin Baah, whose admission was withdrawn twice by the college, argues that he acquitted himself creditably whereas he studied for a Grasp of Science (MSc) in Incapacity and Rehabilitation Research underneath the identical school on the similar college.
In a writ filed at a excessive courtroom in Kumasi, he mentioned a number of letters written by his attorneys looking for an evidence for the revocation of his admission, have come to naught.
“Plaintiff states that his lawyer wrote a number of letters to the Defendants demanding grounds for the revocation of his admission letter, however Defendants have willfully failed to answer similar. Plaintiff believes that the revocation of his supply of admission is unjust and except this honorable courtroom intervenes, he will probably be denied admission and undergo unjust remedy from the Defendants. Plaintiff states that the record of admitted college students as printed on the web site of the 4th Defendant contains his title and in reality, Plaintiff’s title is first on the record,” the writ mentioned.
The writ underscores, “revoking an admission supply to the Plaintiff with none said causes, justifications or grounds raises considerations of discrimination primarily based on his incapacity”.
Isaac mentioned he has consequently misplaced a scholarship bundle as a result of college’s remedy.
He’s, subsequently, looking for GHC 1 million for the distressing state of affairs he has been subjected to.
He needs a declaration that KNUST has been negligent in dealing with his software and any order the courtroom might deem match.