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Yaa's final semester of a teaching qualification in Tema
Yaa has worked and saved for four years to study a teaching qualification; a $650 gap now stands between her and graduation.
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I'm the first person in my family to go to university. I'm studying a teaching qualification at Tema Polytechnic, and I'm one term away from graduating. I have worked as a warehouse packer to pay my way, but this term my hours were cut and I have an unpaid balance of $650.
The registrar has told me I can't enroll for the next term until the balance is cleared. I have a top-ten-percent average, and my department head has written in support of my application for a payment plan.
Graduating means a stable job and the chance to support my younger siblings. Without enrolling this term I'd lose my place and my scholarship eligibility.
I'm not asking for a handout - I want to finish what I started and then help the next student.
Everything raised goes to the university's accounts office toward the outstanding balance and the final term's fees.
Where the $650 goes:
• Textbooks and materials: $20
• Outstanding tuition balance: $240
• Final term tuition: $390
Every share and every dollar helps.
- due date
- 2026-10-17
- bill type
- University tuition
Updates from Yaa
Wanted to say thank you properly. 43% funded and I made the first payment toward outstanding tuition balance.
Thank you all. We're at 36% now ($237). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
Small update. $120 so far, I made the first payment toward textbooks and materials.
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Best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Good luck, Yaa. Good luck with the exams, you've got this. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Eindhoven
Wishing you the best. Hope this works out for you. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too
Praying for you. As a teacher I love seeing someone work this hard to learn. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best.
sending love, Yaa. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 9 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Yaa!
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. textbooks and materials comes first ($20) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Ask me anything else.
Rooting for you, Yaa. Hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless
Good luck, Yaa. Good luck with the exams, you've got this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings.
Wishing you peace, Yaa. Hope you get there. Love from Colombo.
Sending good thoughts, Yaa. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Sending good thoughts, Yaa. Hope you get there. Please keep us posted. Greetings from St. Petersburg.
Rooting for you, Yaa. Hope this works out for you. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
this could happen to any of us. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.