COVID-19 FEAR: Students of GIJ Petition Management to conduct online exams

A group of students of Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has petitioned the school authorities to migrate the second semester examinations to online mode amid the contagion and related risks of covid-19.

In the petition filed before the management,students said that gathering of thousands at examination centers is not a safe step amidst the COVID-19 pandemic which has still not ended. Further, they said that the students neither have books nor any resources to prepare for the face-to-face exams.

The petitioners said that the parents and guardians of the students were not giving consent in the face to face exam’s considering safety concerns. Pushing for a favorable decision.

The students of Ghana Institute of Journalism wrote their last semester online and they are pleading for the same thing to be considered for the second semester.

The petitioners said that the issue of conducting offline exams by the university is a “serious” issue and that it is “playing with students’ future, career, and mental health”. They urged the authorities to pass an order directing the university to conduct online exams for the second semester.

Source: Thepressradio.com|Jenny Ofori(Contributor)