The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has reversed its decision to defer all students who failed to register for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic year.
This means the affected students can now register and write their end of semester exams in the next five days.
A statement issued and signed by the Rector of GIJ, Professor Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo, said it took the decision after receiving a petition and an apology from the students’ leadership for demonstrating over the issue.
“Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has magnanimously granted all students who failed to register for the first semester of the 2020/2021 Academic Year an opportunity to register and write their end of semester exams instead of deferring their programmes.
“Management took this decision today, Wednesday 25 March 2021, based on a petition received from student leaders yesterday and the engagement with the said students who rendered an unqualified apology on behalf of demonstrating students who had issued threats, untruths and insults against Management,” the statement said.
It added: “We wish to place on record that Management had consistently engaged with students about payment of fees and registration since 2018, when students embarked on a demonstration on a similar issue. Since then, Management has continually served notices to students and extended registration deadlines with no penalty and provided opportunities for students with difficulties to utilise the institution’s processes in resolving their issues to enable them register.”
The Institute on 23 March 2021, issued a directive to all students who failed to pay their fees before the school’s registration deadline to defer their courses.
Following the directive, a number of the affected students on Wednesday demonstrated at the campus of the Institute to demand a reversal of the directive.
Below is the full statement
Fred Dzakpata
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