University Of Ghana,Legon First To Do Virtual Graduation

The University of Ghana,Legon has announced that it will hold a maiden virtual congregation on Thursday, July 30,2020. 

The ceremony will be for the final year undergraduate students of the school of Law and Students who took supplementary examinations at the University of Ghana Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. 

The notice was issued and signed by the Registrar, Mercy Haizel-Aisha on Friday, July 17,2020 which states that the virtual ceremony will be premiered on YouTube at 10:00am "and subsequently made available for viewing."

"The decision to hold a virtual ceremony was based on the current safety guidelines for meetings in large numbers," the notice said. 

The University plans to hold subsequent congregations virtually and so,the maiden ceremony "will be a good opportunity for the University to test run idea of a virtual congregation, for small groups of graduating students."

Students involved have already been informed about the decision.