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GTEC orders UDS to stop weekend delivery of accredited evening LLB programme
By SchoolRegistry Ghana Newsroom ·
Graphic Online reported that the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission has instructed the University of Development Studies to stop running its accredited evening Bachelor of Laws programme as a weekend programme and return it to the approved evening mode. GTEC also told UDS to end any arrangement that makes students admitted to the evening programme switch to weekend delivery, and to restore affected students without academic or financial disadvantage. The directive was sent in a letter dated October 5, 2026 to the Vice-Chancellor in Tamale, signed by Deputy Director-General Prof Augustine Ocloo. UDS must formally inform affected students and relevant units and submit documentary proof of full compliance within seven days.
Key facts
- GTEC directed UDS to cease with immediate effect the delivery of the accredited evening LLB programme as a weekend programme and restore it to the approved evening mode.
- GTEC directed UDS to immediately discontinue any arrangement requiring students admitted to the evening programme to convert to weekend delivery.
- UDS is to ensure all affected students are restored to the approved mode of delivery without academic or financial disadvantage.
- UDS must submit documentary evidence of full compliance to GTEC within seven days.
- Failure to comply within seven days may result in regulatory action without further notice to the university.
- The directive was contained in a letter dated October 5, 2026 addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of UDS in Tamale.
What this means for parents and students
GTEC has told UDS to stop delivering the accredited evening LLB programme as a weekend programme and to bring it back to the approved evening mode. Students who were admitted to the evening programme must not be forced to move to weekend delivery, and they are to be restored to the approved mode without academic or financial disadvantage. UDS has seven days to send GTEC documentary evidence that it has complied.
Source: Graphic Online, education, 2026. Read the original.
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