Takoradi, July 16, GNA - Several students of the Takoradi Polytechnic have refused to write their end of second semester examinations, which were rescheduled for Monday. The examinations were supposed to have been held on July 9, but were postponed to July 16 after the Students' Representative Council petitioned the School's Council through the Parliamentary Select committee on Education.

The students, who had been agitating against alleged mismanagement by the authorities, said they needed more time to prepare for the papers. They had also demanded the suspension of the school's Principal. At around 0700 hours on Monday when the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited the campus, groups of students were holding writing materials and were heard discussing the pending examinations while others went about other activities unconcerned.

Invigilators for the examinations were at post waiting for the students but only a handful of them were seated for the examination. These were mainly Catering students. They were however heckled by their unwilling students.