Students disrupt UCC congregation

The 31st Congregation of the University of Cape Coast was temporarily disrupted by a demonstration by some continuing students of the university.

The placard-bearing demonstrators led by the National President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), Mr Frank Annor-Dompreh, interrupted the programme to present a petition to the Minister of Education, Prof. Christopher Ameyaw- Ekumfi, for President John Agykum Kufuor to do something about their grading system.

The demonstrators chanted war songs, and while some carried placards such as "80 per cent is a killer", "Stop 80 per cent, Love Life", others carried tree branches along.

They entered the congregation grounds just as members of the University Council and the Minister of Education, the Central Regional Minister and some dignitaries took their seats.

President Kufuor later in an address read on his behalf, urged the Universities to design their programmes in such a way that they would instill in students, good working habits since they would later join the working force.