She hit the headlines when she got admission to study  Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Mathematics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.

Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa, whose incredible academic record has wowed the nation, has opened up on her academic ambition and how she got attention to KNUST at such a tender age.

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By the structure of Ghana's education, Gyan-Darkwa would have probably be in Senior High School form 1 or 2.

“After the first degree, I’ll go outside and learn space engineering,” she told GHOne TV in an interview.

Narrating how she made it to KNUST, she noted that she started elementary school at a tender age.

According to her, due to her enviable academic record, her basic school teachers promoted her ahead of her peers.

She said she wrote the Basic Education Certificate Examination when she was in form one at Junior High School (JHS).

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"I was then kicked to JHS1. And I tried the BECE in JHS1 and I passed and went to St. Louis."

She also revealed her ambition to become a lecturer in mathematics.