The University of Ghana has been forced to cancel the online Interim Assessment (IA) for its students due to ongoing disruptions in internet connectivity. In addition to the cancellation of the interim assessment, online lectures at the University of Ghana have also been suspended until further notice. On Thursday, March 14, the country experienced disruptions […]
The 2021 Auditor General’s Report has revealed that the University of Ghana, Legon, is running 371 unaccredited programmes, including 80 undergraduate courses. The unaccredited programmes also include 213 postgraduate and 67 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) courses. Similarly, officials of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) also appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of […]
Participants in a forum on constitutional reforms have made a case for a thorough review of the 1992 Constitution in line with current dynamics. The participants, mainly lawyers, politicians, students and social commentators took turns to express their concerns in support of a review of the constitution to help accelerate the transformation of the country. […]
The 2023 Annual New Year School and Conference has ended in Accra with a call on the Ministry of Finance to develop a differential interest rate structure for businesses under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Participants in the 74th edition of the conference recommended that the ministry work with the Bank of Ghana […]
The management of the University of Ghana has clarified the recent adjustments in the academic facility user fees for 2022/2023, explaining that the new fee is cumulative of suspended implementation of fees which were approved in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 academic years. The management of the university has been accused of adjusting fees more than the 15 […]
Some students of the University of Ghana (UG) have expressed concern about a recent management decision to revoke the residential status of some continuing students at their affiliate halls of residence. In a press statement, the students described the management decision as “heartless” for deciding to revoke the residential status of continuing students of Mensah Sarbah […]
The Auditor-General’s 2021 report has revealed that 374 academic programmes at the University of Ghana are unaccredited. Out of the 374 courses, 14 of them are Diploma programmes, 80 out of the 374 programmes are Undergraduate courses, Post-Graduate unaccredited courses are 213, and 67 PhD courses. According to the Auditors, “We noted that the University […]
Government has inaugurated a new Governing Council for the University of Ghana. The 20-member Council is to be chaired by former Chief Justice, Sophia A. B. Akuffo. The announcement and swearing-in of the council follow the expiration of the old council on May 31, 2021. The Sophia Akuffo-led Council comes barely a week to the […]
The police has been able to establish that the young man who fell from the 4th floor of the Mensah Sarbah Hall Annex “A” of the University of Ghana last week slipped when he tried to jump from one balcony to another. The victim, Fuseini Wahab Abdul, is a former student of the university who […]
The fact-finding committee which was constituted to investigate the sex for grades scandal that hit the University of Ghana has exonerated one of the accused lecturers, Prof. Ransford Gyampoh. The Committee’s report which has been cited by BestNewsGH.com was explicit that there was no shred of evidence to suggest and prove that Prof. Gyampoh violated […]
The Old Vandals Association, Alumni of the Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana (UG), has broken grounds for the construction of a 4,660-bed capacity Commonwealth Hall Annex project at the University. The facility estimated at Forty-two Million United States Dollars (USD$ 42,000,000) is expected to deliver a fully-furnished 4,660-bed capacity, comprising 302 one-bed block, […]
A gentleman believed to be a resident of the Alexander Adum Kwapong Hall in the University of Ghana has been apprehended by hall authorities after he allegedly attempted to rape a lady (another resident) in the hall. The incident is said to have happened around 11:50pm on Wednesday in the room of the lady, who, […]
