Some past and continuing
students of the University of Ghana Legon have today January 8, 2021, staged a
demonstration against the planned introduction of double track system to the
university.
On January 1 2021, the University of Ghana announced
that it will start running the double-track system to make room for the high
number of students coming in as a result of the Free Senior High School policy.
the ‘double-track’ academic calendar scheduled to commence mid-January 2021
management of the school said will offer a safe and uninterrupted academic
year.
According to authorities of the
school, The reason behind the system, the school said is to help minimize the
spread of the COVID-19 on campus among students, lecturers, and staff and also
to lessen the burden of accommodation for students on campus.
This new arrangement has rubbed
the students of the University the wrong way who have staged a demonstration on
campus demanding for the abolition of the planned implementation of the
double-track system in the school.
Clad in red and black with
several placards, these students sang songs and registered their displeasure
against the new announcement. According to them, they are smart enough to
adhere to the CVOID-19 protocols thus a double-track system will do them more
harm than good.
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