Re-Opening of All Tertiary Institutions in Ghana Postponed:- Ministry of Education

The Government of the Republic of Ghana has with immediate effect suspended the re-opening of all tertiary institutions in the country.
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman, the Minister of Education in her communiqué to all rectors, vice-chancellors, and principlas stated that the Ministry of Education was‘’acting on the advice of the Inter-Ministerial Team on the Ebola viral disease, government has decided that the commencement of the 2014/2015 academic year be postponed by at least two weeks’’.
The measure, which comes on the heels of Kwame Nkrumah’s University of Science and Technology’s (KNUST) announcement to suspend its re-opening over the Ebola scare and the strike action by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)has been received with mixed emotions.
For some students who are in their final year of studies, the postponement places an ominous hold on their plans for graduation and career prospects.
Others are of the opinion that these measures are necessary to ensure that all tertiary institutions are adequately prepared to implement the recommendations of the Ministry of Health concerning an Ebola outbreak on the campuses.
The University of Ghana’s(UG) postponement, which was first relayed by Radio Univers is primarily a result of the impasse between UTAG and the government.