Bayelsa students in Ghanaian university barred from writing exams
- Bayelsa state students studying at King’s University College, Accra, Ghana, have been prevented from writing their examinations
- They have also been chased out of the institution’s hostels
- The students were sponsored by the Bayelsa state government
Bayelsa state students studying at King’s University College, Accra, Ghana, have been prevented from writing their examinations and denied access to their hostels.
Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson
This is due to the Bayelsa state government's inability to pay the tuition and all other sundry fees of the students.
The students were all sponsored by the government to study in the school.
The revelation is coming almost a month after the Bayelsa government said that it had approved the payment of sundry fees for its stranded students studying abroad.
The government had on November 24, 2016, indicated that Governor Seriake Dickson released £300,000 and $450,000 for the payment of tuition for students of the state on scholarship abroad.
The Commissioner for Education, Mr Markson Fefegha, was quoted as saying on Thursday, November 24 as saying the funds have been released.
She said Governor Seriake Dickson released £300,000 and $450,000 for the payment of tuition for students of the state on scholarship abroad.
According to Fefegha, the release of the funds, despite the sharp decline in the revenue accruing to the state, was a show of the government’s commitment to the education of its people.
He specifically said the payment of $40,000 was made to some Bayelsa students studying in Ghana.
But The Punch learnt the students of KUC in Ghana were still stranded.
A final year student of Human Resources Management of the institution said their school fees had not been paid.
The student, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they (students) were not allowed to participate in the ongoing examinations in the school.
She also said they had been expelled from their hostels by the university authorities more than a month ago.
Her words: “They have not yet paid our school fees. However, we learnt government representatives are on their way to our school.
“So, we are hoping that the government team will arrive in our school by Monday or Tuesday this week.
“We are still waiting. If by Monday or Tuesday, we do not see them, we will assume they are not coming.
“We have not been going to school since October. Another disturbing trend is that Bayelsa students are scattered since we were chased out of the hostels. For me, I live with a friend. Every other student on scholarship is scattered.”
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The educators were accused of having sex with prostitutes hired for them by students in exchange for good marks.
