"I Don't Give Exam Areas": University Of Ghana Lecturer Tells Students

• Professor Ransford Gyampo has expressed his revulsion for the act of giving students subject areas to focus on during exams
• He said doing so encourages them to be lazy and not take their academic work seriously
• His statement attracted reactions from Ghanaians on social media, as they shared their opinions

Ransford Gyampo, a lecturer at the University of Ghana, has vowed never to give his students examination question areas.

In a video that has been making rounds on social media, Professor Gyampo stated that he refuses to spend several weeks teaching students only to later limit them to specific subject areas during exams.

The university lecturer said guiding students to which subject areas to focus on would not make them read as widely as they are expected to do in preparing for their exams.

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Professor Gyampo further stated that any lecturer who gives subject areas to students is encouraging them to be lazy.

"I don't give areas; why should I give areas to students? I spend 13 weeks of teaching you and then drill exam, you said I should give you are," he said

"If you give areas to students, then you are telling them that some of the things that you taught are not necessary," he added.

Professor Gyampo made these remarks while speaking on the Joy News channel.

Netizens share their views on Professor Gyampo's assertions

Some netizens who came across the viral video in which Professor Gyampo made the statement shared their views.

@onua_bl said:

"For that one it’s true. Giving areas means you want to pass the exams and not to understand what you are learning. But it’s Ghana’s education."

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@BiggieOsei also replied:

"The questions they set push students to ask for areas and Oh Gyampo gives areas, maybe he doesn’t anymore."

@abynahstrissel said:

"3koraaa we still want areas my surgery tutor will say “from lapaz to zongo junction don’t branch go straight … you want areas does it mean you are going to choose the kind of patients to take care of in the hospital? Dey play!!"

University lecturer threatens to give entire class F grades over stolen phone

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a lecturer threatened to punish his students if whoever among them stole his phone did not return it.

The lecturer left his Tecno Spark 10 Pro phone inside the desk but did not find it when he returned.

He demanded that the students give back the gadget or risk scoring F grades in the upcoming exams.

Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh