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UG to commence 2024/2025 academic year on October 31 after UTAG suspends strike

By Vincent Ashitey
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The University of Ghana (UG) has announced that students can start reporting to school on October 31, 2024.

The school had earlier postponed its reopening date for the start of the 2024/25 academic year.

The decision to postpone the reopening date earlier was a result of strike action by University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG).

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Following the suspension of the strike action by UTAG today, the University of Ghana has in a statement indicated that school will reopen on October 31 while lectures start on November 4.

“We refer to our earlier notice dated 25th September, 2024 regarding the postponement of the commencement of the University's 2024/2025 academic year.

“We can now announce that the 2024/2025 academic year will commence on Thursday, 31st October, 2024, with lectures starting on Monday, 4th November, 2024,” the release issued by the University of Ghana said.

“Further details of the academic year are contained in the attached calendar for undergraduate students. Calendars for other categories of students will be released soon and will follow a similar schedule.”