April 2, 1984

Universities Re-Open After 10 Months

Lectures were presumed to have resumed at the three universities in Legon, Kumasi and Cape Coast following their re-opening last week. The universities were closed down in May last year following student demonstrations and demands for the exit of Flt-Lt Rawlings and his PNDC.

There are however signs that the university campuses which were vandalised by revolutionary cadres have not been fully rehabilitated to enable serious academic work to take off.

The Deputy registrar of the University of Cape Coast, Mr J. A. Bruce also reportedly told the Ghana News Agency that the university would make the best use of the available facilities and lecturers to complete the remaining work for the 1982/3 academic year.

He said special arrangements had been made to get part-time lecturers while efforts were also being made to recruit new lecturers for the English, mathematics, physics and Ghanaian languages departments. According to the Dean of Students, Dr N. K. Peeky, each hall had been provided with concrete tanks to store enough water as a result of a severe water shortage facing the university. He said efforts were being made to replace windows, louvres, bulbs and mattresses.

Bring buckets, lantern, pillow etc

Students of the University of Ghana, Legon have been called upon to report back into residence with their own cutlery and crockery. Other items listed in a university of Ghana advertisement in the Daily Graphic signed by the Registrar are one lantern, one pillow and one bucket.