Thousands Of University of Legon Student To Miss Graduation

Some students of the University of Ghana are planning on demonstrating against the school’s authorities over anomalies a new grading system has created which could potentially prevent thousands of final year students from graduating.

Under the new system, a student can only be graded A after getting 80% in an exam while the old system grades an A with 70%.

According to the students, the University’s attempt to migrate them onto the new grading system has created some problems which have affected the grades; some students will either re-write their papers or not graduate.

Final year students at the English, Economics, Political Science and Psychology have been most affected.

Speaking to News, the Course Representative for the final year students at the English Department of the University, Owusu Bright described the situation as “tragic.”

He stated that affected students had not yet arrived at a conclusion on the next line action, adding that the students are planning on taking an action against the University if all opportunities fail.

Meanwhile,a student of the University of Ghana, Gideon Kpodo says the problem had gotten most of the students worried.

“Generally, there are students who are worried, some are planning to boycott the examination while others are also planning to take a legal action against the University,”he said

He further noted that the problem had not only affected the English department but the Statistics department among others.

He however said the SRC is willing to engage more with the University to resolve the problem.

“A committee has been set up in that regard to look into the new grading system to see the necessary changes that can be made,” he said.