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Adventist students want lectures on
Saturday changed
Winneba, April 12, GNA - The Adventist Students Association
on Wednesday said examinations and lectures on Saturdays by
the tertiary institutions are one of the challenges facing
its members in those institutions.
They have therefore appealed to authorities of the
universities and polytechnics to make alternative
arrangement for them to enjoy their religious liberties as
Ghanaians on the Sabbath day.
The National President of the Ghana National Association of
Adventist Students Association (GNAAS), Mr. Kofi Asare, said
this at a rally of the association at the University of
Education, Winneba, under the theme, "Ghana's Jubilee and
the Adventist Student".
He urged members of the association, as teachers, to explain
government programme and policies such as the National
Insurance Scheme, the re-denomination exercise and the new
Educational Reform Programme to the people to ensure their
success.
The District Chief Executive, Mr. Solomon Abbam-Quaye, urged
the students not to allow themselves to be used by
politicians.
Dr. Cosmos Worlanyo Kofi Mereku, Dean of Students Affairs of
the University of Education, Winneba, told the GNA in an
interview that some tertiary institutions hold lectures and
examinations on Saturdays and that "the choice to attend or
not to attend belongs to the student."
He said the institutions belong to the government and are
run in accordance with the regulations establishing them and
that the university would not accept any religious pleasure
that could undermine its running.
GNA
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