Coronavirus: KTU suspends certificates sharing

Correspondence from Eastern Region

Management of the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has suddenly suspended the planned distribution of the Bachelor of Technology certificates to its 2020 graduands.

It is not clear what might have informed this sudden decision by the University's Management.

Meanwhile, Ghanaweb sources reveal that Management's sudden decision to suspend the certificate sharing was as a result of the concerns raised by some of the graduands in a news publication.

The University brought out a notice on Wednesday, April 15, announcing the postponement of its 16th congregation, which was initially scheduled for April 18, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The notice had asked the graduands to pay an amount of GHC350.00 to collect their certificates before the ceremony, without which they could not access their certificates.

The notice however indicated that the congregation would be held at a later date of which those who would have paid and collected their certificates would be made to participate in.

However, some graduands did not get the notice clearer, thus, raised issues of an absence of a graduation list, high graduation fee and the fear that they would end up paying the fee but might not see the ceremony being held.

Barely 24 hours after the earlier notice, KTU Management published another notice suspending the planned 'giving out' of certificates.

The recent notice which was once again signed by the Registrar, Nii Annang Mensah-Livingstone, read, "Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Management of Koforidua Technical University (KTU) has put on hold the distribution of the Bachelor of Technology certificates to graduands until further notice. Any inconvenience caused in this matter is deeply regrettable."