GTEC orders UDS to Stop weekend delivery of evening LLB Programme
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has directed the University for Development Studies (UDS) to immediately stop delivering its accredited evening Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme as a weekend programme.
The Commission has ordered the university to restore the programme to its officially approved evening mode and discontinue any arrangement requiring students admitted to the evening programme to switch to weekend classes.
GTEC has also instructed UDS to ensure that all affected students are returned to the approved mode of delivery without suffering any academic or financial disadvantage.
The university has further been directed to formally communicate the decision to all affected students, as well as the relevant academic and administrative units.
UDS must also submit documentary evidence to GTEC within seven days showing that it has fully complied with the directive.
GTEC warned that failure to comply within the stipulated period could trigger regulatory action without further notice. The Commission stressed that it would not recognise the continued delivery of the LLB programme in a mode that has not been formally approved.
The directive was contained in a letter dated October 5, 2026, addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of UDS in Tamale. The letter was signed by GTEC’s Deputy Director-General, Prof. Augustine Ocloo, on behalf of the Director-General.
According to the letter, GTEC had become concerned that UDS was offering its LLB programme, which was accredited specifically for evening delivery, as a weekend programme.
The Commission also found that students who had been admitted to the approved evening programme were being asked to migrate to the weekend mode.
GTEC reminded the university that accreditation is granted based on specific academic, staffing, infrastructure and programme-delivery arrangements submitted by an institution and assessed by the Commission.
It explained that the approved mode of delivery is an integral part of the conditions attached to accreditation, meaning an institution cannot change it without obtaining prior written approval from GTEC.
The Commission therefore described the conversion of an accredited evening programme into a weekend programme without approval as a material breach of accreditation conditions and a case of regulatory non-compliance.
GTEC said the unauthorised change could affect academic contact hours, faculty availability, access to teaching and learning facilities, quality assurance arrangements and the conditions under which students were admitted.
The Commission consequently ordered UDS to cease the unauthorised weekend delivery immediately and restore the LLB programme to its approved evening format.
It warned that continued non-compliance could lead to further regulatory measures, including the suspension or withdrawal of the programme’s accreditation, a directive barring further admissions into the programme, or other sanctions permitted under the applicable regulatory framework.
GTEC stressed that it would not recognise the continued delivery of the LLB programme in an unapproved mode and urged the university to treat the directive with the utmost urgency.
The Commission reiterated that failure to comply within seven days could result in regulatory action without further notice.
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