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The sale of handouts by lecturers to students have been banned by minister of education Prof Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang.
In a speech read on her behalf by the Ashanti regional minister, John Alexander Ackon at the 11th congregation of the Kumasi Polytechnic last Saturday, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said apart from the sale of handouts putting extra financial pressure on students, those who failed to purchase such handouts were often targeted and unfairly treated.
The minister said the issue had been repeatedly reported to the government so that the president directs that a ban be placed on the sale of handouts to students.