The chairman of the UCC @ 50 planning committee, Prof. Kobina Yankson has defended the university’s academic policy of obtaining 80% of marks for a grade A.

He made this remark when he delivered a public lecture on the theme “Quality Assurance in Higher Education in a Globalised Era” on Tuesday at the SMS auditorium.

“UCC academic policy of obtaining 80 marks for an A is close to international standard, unlike China and some Japan universities where students had to obtain 95% for an A” he said.