Students of Ghana's five agricultural colleges are planning a demonstration next month to press home their demand for the upgrading of the colleges to diploma awarding institutions.
"The upgrading of the colleges has been on the drawing board for long and we have channelled our grievances to the appropriate quarters without any attention. The time has now come for us to take to the streets to let our voices be heard" they said in a statement.
At their 20th annual Agricultural Colleges Students Union (ACSU) conference at Pong-Tamale, the students called on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to liaise with the Ministry of Education to allow graduates of agricultural colleges to teach at the basic schools.
The conference under the theme, "Revamping Ghana's Economy - The role of the Agricultural College Graduate, is being attended by students from Kwadaso, Ejura, Ohawu and Damongo Agricultural Colleges and Pong-Tamale Animal Health and
Production College.
The students also appealed to the government to increase their monthly allowances of 200,000 cedis to cushion them against the rising cost of living.
Addressing the conference, the Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Mr Issah Ketekewu said education is a priority of the government and assured the students that agricultural colleges would not be left out in the general transformation of the sector
