00:00The UWE Guild of Students tells TV6 the situation is getting to the point where
00:05the student body can no longer sit idly by. We do understand what the
00:11lecturers are asking for but we don't like the fact that the students have
00:14been affected. So what we can say is if proper action isn't taken and they sit
00:19down with the Ministry and we got it doesn't happen at some point maybe right
00:24after the registration process has ended we will be taking some sort of
00:30action as a Guild and as the students of the University of the West Indies.
00:33That's all we are willing to say at this current moment. We don't want to say any
00:36premature statements but we will be taking necessary steps in a gradual
00:41manner so we know that it's affecting us because it is. In the meantime students
00:47remain in limbo. A student came up to me and said I went to class and our lecturer
00:52said that they're going to teach but they're not going to give us any grades
00:55for the course that we did last semester and this is a course that's needed as a
00:59prerequisite to do a course that they need to graduate. So I mean these grades
01:03have a severe severe severe impact. I mean students are not able to register
01:08properly, they're not able, I mean look at thinking about the mental stress a
01:11student will be in not knowing if they passed the course they needed in order to
01:14graduate. And I mean one course that you didn't get a grade for can pull back your
01:20entire life for a couple years and it's not just one day we're looking at 20,000
01:23grades that have not been uploaded. But in some good news the Guild reports that
01:27it has made some progress with the administration. I've encouraged everyone
01:31to continue attending your classes regardless if you are registered or not
01:34because at the end of the day you cannot compromise your academics because
01:37teaching is still going on. The campus has graciously listened to us and we've
01:41successfully advocated for all late registration fees to be waived. They will
01:45communicate with the gate office, they will communicate with sponsors and donors
01:48to mitigate the effects of not having a transcript and all those things. We are
01:51still encouraging the Wigert and the ministry to reach a concession acceptable
01:55remit where our grades could come back.
01:57Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
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