The Students Representative Council (SRC) President of Zenith University College (ZUC), Ohene Yaw Asiedu, has appealed to the Deputy Minister of Education, in-charge of Tertiary education, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to include private universities in the “No Dumsor During Exams List.”
Below, is a copy of the letter written by the SRC President of ZUC.
We write in response to commend your frantic effort to come to the Aid of tertiary students in this era of “DUMSO”, so that tertiary students can have uninterrupted power supply during their examination period in this festive season. But in the same direction, we write with tinny spots of hurt and disappointments in us. we belief all men are created equally and therefore deserve equal opportunities, therefore the move that “No DUMSO” in just Public tertiary institutions, not considering the private universities is not complete and unfair therefore a second look should be taken considering the following factors:
1. Most of the Private universities if not all in the country as at now have no charter of their own and are therefore affiliated to these various public university, that’s, the students in both sectors are subjected to the same standard of assessment, therefore need equal assistance and support to assist them achieve the maximum results possible.
2. Private universities do not receive any form of utility subsidy or supports from the government, therefore students are made to pay full fees and utility bills of which we have been silent on, understanding some factors that contribute to that, therefore we should also be considered in times of favors such as this.
3. Private universities have contributed to larger extent to reduce the burden of “massification” on the public tertiary institutions, and are however contributing to the economic growth of the country; therefore the government has to be considerate in allowing us benefit from such policies which would be a form of motivation.
However, the cost of running all universities in the country is becoming increasingly high with regards with the state of power supply and the load-shedding exercise and there are high indications that fees are likely to go up in the coming semesters of which private university students will still become the worse affected, adding up to the number of disadvantages that affect private university students.
With these few reasons stated above, we think it will be unfair for private universities to be sidelined from this relief granted to only public universities; therefore we appeal that all properly accredited private universities in the country should also be given this kind of relief during our examination period, or at least we should also be taken off the evening blackout schedules to enable prepare enough for our exams. Counting on your benevolence, consideration and your continual support to all tertiary students of the country, we hope our plea would be accepted in good fate.
Signed.
OHENE YAW ASIEDU
0243706157
SRC PRESIDENT
ZENITH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
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