80 students of the Takoradi Technical University in the Western Region have been deferred after failing to register on time as required by the academic calendar.
For various reasons which the school’s Students Representative Caouncil is calling extenuating circumstances, students failed to register for the 2019/2020 academic year.
At a press conference today, Registrar of the school, Moses Maclean Abnory, said students were given ample time to register from September 2019 to January 20, 2020, and some students could not meet the deadline.
“If you are a student and you have been offered admission and you are pursuing your studies, it behoves on you to ensure that you complete your legal obligation with the school by registering. It is after you have paid your fees and registered then we can now know that we have legally reached an agreement.”
According to him, claims that the students were deferred over school fees are untrue. According to him, some students have not paid their fees but have registered because they are on scholarships.
Others too have their guardians entering agreement with management.
“In November, the Student Trust released the student loans to those who had applied. So those who took the money and decided to use it for something else, that is another issue or matter for later.
“What we are saying is that, if students have been automatically deferred then it is not because they didn’t have money to pay but because they refused to pay.”
Meanwhile, the school’s SRC is pleading for leniency. Its President, Solomon Asegitagwa acknowledges that students were given ample time to register but begg, management to reconsider its decision.
“We know that we have to be responsible as students…but we are pleading with management that they should try and help us. Because if these students leave, some of them may not come back and if that happens they may become social misfits and a problem to the society,” he said.