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 says the programme was accredited for evening delivery and the university cannot unilaterally change the mode of delivery without prior approval.
In a letter dated October 5, 2026, and addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of UDS in Tamale, GTEC said it had noted with serious concern that students admitted to the evening programme were being required to migrate to weekend delivery.
The letter was signed by the Deputy Director-General of GTEC, Prof Augustine Ocloo, on behalf of the Director-General.
According to GTEC, the mode of delivery forms an integral part of the conditions under which accreditation is granted and was approved based on specific academic, staffing, infrastructural and delivery arrangements submitted by the institution.
“Consequently, an institution cannot unilaterally alter the approved mode of delivery of an accredited programme without the prior written approval of the Commission,” the Commission stated.
It added that the conversion constitutes a material departure from the conditions of accreditation and regulatory non-compliance, with implications for academic contact hours, availability of faculty, access to teaching and learning facilities and quality assurance arrangements.
The Commission has therefore directed the university to cease with immediate effect the weekend delivery and restore the programme to its duly approved evening mode.
GTEC has also directed UDS to discontinue any arrangement requiring students to convert to weekend delivery and to ensure that all affected students are restored to the approved mode without academic or financial disadvantage.
The University is further required to formally communicate the directive to all affected students and relevant academic and administrative units and to submit documentary evidence of full compliance within seven days.
“Accordingly, the Commission hereby DIRECTS the University to CEASE, WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, the delivery of the accredited evening LLB programme as a weekend programme and to restore the programme to its duly approved evening mode of delivery,” the letter said.
GTEC warned that failure to comply within seven days may result in regulatory action without further notice, including suspension or withdrawal or revocation of the programme’s accreditation and a directive to cease further admissions.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission said it will not recognise the continued delivery of the LLB programme in a mode that has not been duly approved.
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