GABRIEL TAMATEY AND TAKORADI POLYTECHNIC [2001]DLCHRAJ6054

Date	2001-06-20
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/1011/2001/397
Citation No.	[2001]DLCHRAJ6054

C. A. OPOKU

[2001]DLCHRAJ6054
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">GABRIEL TAMATEY<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B050">TAKORADI POLYTECHNIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/1011/2001/397&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 20/06/2001<o:p></o:p>

</div>commissioner:<o:p></o:p>C.
A. OPOKU DEP. CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER FOR COMMISSIONER<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p>In
a complaint dated 15th January 2001, the Complainant asked this Commission to
assist him in getting his corrected results from the Respondent.<o:p></o:p>THE COMPLAINANT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The Complainant stated that he had
completed a Higher National Diploma at Takoradi Polytechnic in September 1999.
He stated also that due to a mistake in calculations by his Head of Department,
he was awarded a Second Class (Lower) Degree instead of a Second Class (Upper)
Degree.<o:p></o:p>He stated further that although he had
applied to the Principal of the Polytechnic for redress, there had been no
response.<o:p></o:p>THE RESPONDENT'S CASE<o:p></o:p>The
Respondent stated that after receipt of the Complainant's letter to the Principal,
the matter was taken up with the National Board for Professional and Technician
Examinations, the Awarding Body.<o:p></o:p>The
Respondent stated further that the error had been rectified and communicated to
it since 15t November 2000 and that the Complainant was yet to contact it.<o:p></o:p>FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS<o:p></o:p>The
Complainant in reaction stated that he had not been notified of the correction
in his results although he had been at the school twice. He stated also that he
was asked to pay $15,000.00 for the corrected slip although the error was not
of his making.<o:p></o:p>The
Respondent stated that any such money collected from the Complainant would be
refunded.<o:p></o:p>The Complainant further informed the
Commission that on 9th May 2001 he duly received his corrected result slip.<o:p></o:p>The
Commission however recommends to the Respondent to answer queries directed to
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