After five B.E.C.E. attempts, Richard Oponin Marfo, 32, has been admitted to Adisadel College, his dream school.
Mr. Marfo, the eldest of his siblings, graduated from Maria Montessori School in Kumasi in 2004 with a grade point average of 10, hoping to continue his education at Adisadel College. Instead, he was admitted to Sammo Senior High School.
He attended Sammo Senior High School and graduated in 2007. Mr. Marfo then started selling shoes on the streets of Adum and Moro markets.
Mr. Marfo realized in 2010 that he would be unable to pursue his dream of attending Adisadel College and decided to retake the B.E.C.E., but he was denied admission.
Despite the adage “no Santa, no school in Ghana,” with ‘Santa’ as Adisadel, Mr. Marfo never gave up. He retook the B.E.C.E. in 2011 but was denied admission despite a score of 6.
He was admitted to TI Ahmadiyya with the assurance of Adisadel College’s Headmaster that he would be transferred after Form 2, but he left after his first year to start a lotto business in Adum.
After a year, Mr. Marfo left TI Ahmadiyya without transferring to Adisadel. “For my third attempt, I was assigned to Ekumfi TI Ahmadiyya to provide science, “he explained.
“I went there on the promise of Adisadel College’s then-Headmaster that I would be admitted on a transfer basis to my dream college in form 2.” Why should I enroll as a transfer student at Adisco? These words ate at me, causing me to forget the promise. As a result, I only went to E-AMASS for a term.”
At the age of 26, Mr. Marfo took the B.E.C.E. for the fourth time as a private candidate, but he was admitted to his first school, Samma Senior High School, rather than Adisadel. He denied the admission and carried on with his work as usual.
Mr. Marfo took his fifth B.E.C.E. in 2020 and was admitted to his dream school, Adisadel College, at the age of 32, after five years of waiting and hoping.
He states:
“Three years later, in 2010, I couldn’t bear the thought of not attending my dream school.” I mustered the courage to enroll in the Modern Educational Centre at Auakwa Sepaase in Kumasi to rewrite the BECE. Despite having an aggregate of 6, I was denied enrollment in Adisco.”
“A year later, in 2021!” he exclaims. At the age of 32, God answered my prayers by admitting me to my long-awaited childhood dream school, Adisadel College, to study Computer Science on March 1, 2021. And today has been the most joyous day of my life.
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