The University of Ghana said on Thursday that it has taken action against some students for examination malpractice during the 2000-2001 academic year.

A statement issued by the University Relations Office in Accra said action had also been taken against other students who gained admission to the University in August 2001 through fraudulent means.

The statement said three students who were involved in examination malpractice during the second semester of the 2000-2001 academic year, had been given various punishments. It said Daniel Vanderpuye, a student of the Music Department, attached to Mensah Sarbah Hall, had been awarded Grade Z in the second semester examinations and suspended from the University. He has also been barred from taking any University examination for four semesters or two academic years.

It said Eric Adiamah and Godwin Ziggah, both of the School of Administration and Commonwealth Hall, had been expelled from the University and awarded Grade Z in the second semester examinations. Four students, who were found to have forged WAEC SSSCE results to gain admission to the University in August 2002 have been expelled with immediate effect.

It named them as Emma Ankamah (Volta Hall), Lamine Sulley (Legon Hall), Benjamin Effah-Boachie (Commonwealth Hall) and Cynthia Bright-Fasintel (Legon Hall). They were all Level 100 BA students.