GIJ extends deadline for registration after students’ protest

Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has magnanimously pardoned some students who were asked to defer for failing to pay their school fees. Management, in a statement dated March 25, said the decision was taken based on a petition received from the student leaders after they rendered an unqualified apology for their earlier […]

Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) Shut Down Over Covid-19, 2 Staff Test Positive

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has been shut down following an outbreak of Coronavirus. GIJ’s management made this known in a notice dated January 25, 2021. According to the notice, “there would be a temporary closure of the Ringway Campus of GIJ from Monday, 25th to Friday, 29th January, 2021.” It noted that “the […]

GIJ to begin ‘sacking’ students over academic performance

Students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) who underperform academically risk being withdrawn from the school, according to new directives from school authorities. This is contained in a Memo signed by the Institute’s Registrar, Dr J. Sika Akoto (PhD), to all students. The section of the Memo, indicating the grounds for withdrawing students reads: […]