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The world is still not comfortable due to the widespread global pandemic that has turned into an albatross around the necks of many countries and Ghana is no exception. With more than 65,000 infections, some 55,000 recoveries and 3,000 active cases, it is clear that the pandemic will not leave us now.
The disruption caused by the outbreak of our daily social, economic, and political life has generated many unrest among families, society, individuals, and the government as a whole.
One of the areas in which the Corona virus has hit hard is the education sector, and universities have experienced huge academic setbacks in their academic calendar. Although the schools have reopened and are trying to recover from the blows, it is clear that we have not yet achieved what is normal. In the midst of this academic turbulence, many students are worried and concerned about their future in academia. However, there are also hotbeds of complaints among graduate students who are very concerned about their fees for the academic year after returning from the long break.
It will interest you to know that the majority of graduate students are adults and individuals who live alone and may have experienced difficulties during the closing period. It is also important to note that abnormal times require some leniency on the part of the University leadership.
There is widespread lamentation among UEW graduate students that has occurred in the context of the University Directorate insisting on full payment of fees prior to enrollment. This has generated discomfort and dissatisfaction among students, since it is the norm in many universities to accept partial payments. We do not know what prompted the management’s decision to insist on full payment of fees without slight consideration of the plight of desperate students who may have experienced economic setbacks in this period of the pandemic outbreak.
It is our hope that the University will quickly reconsider the decision and with all alacrity desist from the tough decision and grant amnesty to graduate students to at least make partial payment of fees to alleviate the pressure that had plunged them in the midst of so many discomforts. . It is important that management understand that students make up the discursive community and we do not want to go down the road of war to register our discontent and discredit the name of the University.
We are willing to accept any flexible terms that the authority incorporates while listening to the plea of many graduate students who for one reason or another are unable to pay the full amount of the fees prior to enrollment.
King Ofori
Graduate student, leader of UEW and GRASAG hopeful
Department of Social Sciences
