UCC reopens for 2017/2018 academic year
The uncertainty about the reopening date for the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been cleared and academic work began last Saturday.
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The reopening date had to be delayed for a week due to the uncertainty regarding the actual fees students had to pay for the 2017/18 academic year. This was resolved through the intervention of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), which suggested that the students should pay the “old fees’’ and return to school while they waited for government to come out with new fees.
Excitement
There was joy and great excitement on the campus of UCC last Saturday when fresh students arrived. As early as 6 a.m., students, most of whom were accompanied by their parents or guardians, arrived in buses with their luggage.
With smiles on their faces, the new students moved into their halls of residence where continuing students, hall executives and hall cadets were readily available to direct them to their various rooms.
The Kwame Nkrumah, Adehye and Atlantic (ATL) halls welcomed them with music.
Paperless registration
What is worth mentioning and a departure from the previous academic year was the introduction of the paperless registration process. This allowed the fresh students to register without the hustle and bustle which was associated with the registration of fresh students.
A Level 100 Communication Studies student, Mr John Mensah, told the Daily Graphic: “I am excited that I have arrived safely on campus to begin academic work. I am grateful to the authorities for the innovation which enabled me to register swiftly.”
He said he would work diligently so that success would crown his efforts in the next four years that he would be on the university campus.
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A Business of Commerce (BCom) student, Ms Evelyn Boateng, gave thanks to the Almighty God for her safe arrival and said she would use a few days to adjust to the new environment.
A Management Studies student, Ms Hadi Iddrisu, said she would use the serene learning environment at UCC profitably.
The ATL Naval Cadet Commander, Mr Nuhu Mohammed, who deployed nine of his men and women to assist the fresh students move into their rooms said the process was going on well and gave an assurance that his personnel would be at post till all the students had arrived.
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The Student Representative Council Representative Two of UCC, Mr Ben Essien, who touched on the results of the paperless process said, “In the past, students had to be in long queues to register.”
He expressed the hope that the students would adjust to their new environment soon to embark on serious academic work.