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Technical University students threaten demo over graduation

By Justice Kofi Bimpeh
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A group calling itself Concerned Polytechnic and Technical University Students have given the Ministry of Education one week ultimatum to constitute a new governing board to facilitate their graduation process.
Speaking to Primenewsghana.com the convener of the group Patrick Oppong Sekyere Mensah, said the Ministry of Education in a meeting with the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana [POTAG], earlier this year, promised to by June 2017 constitute a new board for the various technical universities which will led to the graduation of  the 2015/2016 badge of students- but that promise has not been fulfilled. 

A press statement from the group says only two technical universities namely  Sunyani and Takoradi out of the ten polytechnics, have so far conducted graduation exercise for their students. The students are unhappy with the  marginalization of HND graduates have suffered in this country for many years.

The Concerned Polytechnic and Technical University Students are giving government up to July 14 to address the concern or will embark on a demonstration to drive home their plea.

The Ghana Institute of Journalism and University of Education were also in the news last month about the nonexistence of a governing board to process the graduation particulars of the student which was delaying their graduation.
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