Students of the Savannah College of Education in Daboya have taken drastic measures by locking up lecture halls and boycotting all academic activities.
The students, primarily in their first year, are protesting against the college’s private status, which they claim was misrepresented by the management.
The students allege that they were misled into believing that the college would be absorbed by the government and become a public institution.
This belief was reinforced by the college’s listing on the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) website. However, upon admission, they discovered that the college remains private.
“We have been scammed. We will not attend lectures or participate in any academic activities until management clarifies the college’s actual status. It’s clear they have something up their sleeves that we need to know,” some students posited
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The Savannah College of Education, established in 2022 as a private institution, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government in 2024 to be formally absorbed by GTEC. Despite this, the college still faces challenges in obtaining formal accreditation.
Jamal Mohammed, the college’s Public Relations Officer, explained that the absorption process is ongoing and urged students to be patient.
“Absorption is a process. We started in 2023 and signed an MoU with the government in 2024. It’s a matter of time, and things will be normalized,” he stated.
In response to the unrest, the Wasipe Palace has dispatched five chiefs to Damongo to meet with the college’s patron, Yagbonwura Binikunuto Soale I, to discuss the way forward.
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The Palace noted that President John Dramani Mahama, during his 2024 campus visit, promised to ensure the college’s absorption within his first hundred days in office.