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The throes of Ghanaian PhD students in New York

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Comment: What a fool

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GAbaa
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2013-09-17 20:59:47
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PhD - PULL HIM DOWN!!!!

These people hate academia, that is why our country is so rotten and being riled by fool soldiers and elementary jokers. You cannot equate education with stupidity that's you

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Akwasi on Sep 17, 2013 20:17
PhD - PULL HIM DOWN!!!!BULL SHIT!!! PhD my foot. What stupidity. So this fool equates PhD with intelligence? Europe and Asia are running very well without these EMPTY DEGREES especially AMERICAN DEGREES!!!! You want a Doctorate Degree - go to ...

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ACCRAMAN on Sep 17, 2013 20:47
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELYOf all the PhD holders in Ghana and the diaspora, what has PhD done for Ghana. Most of them (genuine or fake) end up in politics and steal from the state. Ghana equates PhD to success, very wrong indeed. No need for Ghana ...

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OKOE on Sep 17, 2013 23:36
PhD?PhD PERSE MAY NECESSARY TO SOME BUT NOT IMPORTANT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATION. IF YOU KNOW THE PROCESS OF GETTING A PhD, YOU WILL FIND THAT A PERSON TAKES A LITTLE PART OF A SUBJECT RESEARC ...

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GAbaa on Sep 17, 2013 20:59
What a fool

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Akwasi on Sep 18, 2013 03:00
GAbaa - YOU ARE A GIT!!!!IDIOTS like you kiss the backsides of PhDs. We are not against ACADAMIA - education is good but NOT for the sake of it. You have PhD in say - Naval Architecture & Ship Building Maintenance - THIS IS NO GOOD FOR GHANA!!! ...

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AKofi on Sep 17, 2013 20:20
Re: The throes of Ghanaian PhD students in New YorMost college students pay for their studies in the US. Why should Ghanaian PhD students be different?

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tonny on Sep 17, 2013 20:51
Re: The throes of Ghanaian PhD students in New Yori dont care,because in ghana students pursuing studies are chosen through party lines not merit.tell me why york university in toronto 10 new students i chanced on 6 from northern part of ghana 3 from volta 1from b\a.go cry ...

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JOE on Sep 17, 2013 21:07
NOT NECESSARYThey should be prepared to weather the storm because they went on their own initiative, assessing beforehand the implications of their decision. Ghana should not be held accountable for their plight.

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Natural Mystic on Sep 18, 2013 05:11
@ tonnySome of us completed our programmes either through student loans/bursaries from universities or our places of work. Your reasoning is flawed anyway. You cannot use the very small number of Ghanaian students you met in Canada ...

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GHFUO, change ur thinking on Sep 17, 2013 22:14
PHD SCHOLARSHIPIF U ARE NOT GETTING A SCHOLARSHIP TO DO YOUR PHD THEN ITS NOT WORTH IT. ESP FOR AN AFRICAN IN A FOREIGN LAND. THE US IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE IF U WANT TO BE A STUDENT. THERE R MANY SCHOOLS WILLING N READY TO OFFER STUDENTS SC ...

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Akwasi on Sep 18, 2013 03:03
HOPELESS PhDs - DR BUSIATHIS IS WHAT BUSIA GOT HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE FOR!!! TELL ME WHAT USE THIS HAS FOR GHANA. "The position of the chief in the modern political system of Ashanti: a study of the influence of contemporary social changes on As ...

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AKONFEM PRES on Sep 18, 2013 13:09
HYPOCRITE LICKING BOOTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP.ABAA

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Ali Baba on Sep 18, 2013 06:53
It's is sad.As i empathized with our Ghanaian students abroad, i think the scholarship scheme should be look at again since the performance of some of the returnees has not help the country in terms of progress. Billions of tax payers mo ...

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MR ODI ASEMPA on Sep 18, 2013 15:55
PHDWHAT USE IS KWAME AHOOFE'S PHD TO GHANA AS A WHOLE,OTHER SPOUTING BILE ON THE INTERNET.

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Nii Adjei on Sep 18, 2013 07:08
honestly!how many of these phd holders return to ghana?and how long did it take them to return after their studies?

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Dagadoo Vuga-Zavari on Sep 18, 2013 09:35
Re: The throes of Ghanaian PhD studentsThis could be a true story and pathetic. However, we need to look into each case differently. Is it due to financial issues or they could not get pass their Academic Review Board (ARB/IRB) request with their proposals-this is ...

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EZEKIEL on Sep 18, 2013 09:58
Re: The throes of Ghanaian PhD students in New YorThe Students could approach Goldmann Sachs for CREDIT to finish up! They can PAYBACK after finishing. The Govt(Tax Payer and National resources) MUST NOT be responsible for them! If Govt SPONSORS students for PhD programmes ...

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CK on Sep 18, 2013 10:05
Your piece is not tactfulThis concluding statement is inappropriate I think. "It is against this backdrop that H.E President Mahama must give a listening ear to the plight of these PhD students, who are in an academic limbo as a result of circumstanc ...

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