Martin Thompson Ntem, GIJ GRASAG President
FOLLOWING THE impasse caused by some students who protested against their inability to participate in the end of semester exams on Sunday, management and students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on Monday, December 3, reached common resolutions after the crunch in which some of the key issues that led to the protests by the students were addressed.
In a statement co-signed by the President of the GIJ Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), students would have the chance to register on the portal for the exams after making the appropriate percentage of payments, which is 80 per cent for fresh and 60 per cent for continuing students. The opening of the portal would however last for barely three days as it would be shut down at midnight of Wednesday, December 5.
Students who missed the opportunity to register because they failed to meet the requirements would however be allowed to take the exams if they paid the required amount and duly registered within the stipulated deadline.
Students on the GETFund and other institutional scholarships that pay directly to the institute would be allowed to register and write the remainder of the papers after producing an official letter from GETFund and the concerned institutions.
Furthermore, papers that were scheduled for Sunday, December 2, for Level 400 and graduate students that got cancelled due to the protests would be written on Sunday, December 16 and December 23 respectively.
“Students should take note that those who fail to pay the required percentage of fees cannot register and as such will not be recognized as students of the institute,” the statement read adding that: “Students are hereby encouraged to take advantage of this intervention and duly register for their examinations which continue as scheduled on the timetable.”
Background
Management of GIJ was forced to cancel some papers at the end of semester examinations on Sunday following protests by a section of the students.
The students, who were allegedly stopped from partaking in the end of semester examinations due to the failure to pay their fees protested on campus after several efforts to get management to allow them to write the papers failed.
The students were denied the opportunity to participate in the exams because the school’s online portal did not capture their names as duly registered students for the exams.
BY: Nii Adjei Mensahfio