UN-CHK: 1,109 students are demanding the postponement of assessments due to a lack of computer equipment

On the eve of the start of first-semester assessments, the National Federation of Students of the Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University (FNE-UNCHK) is demanding their suspension for students in the 13th graduating class. The reason: 1,109 first-year undergraduate students (Licence 1 MAI) are still waiting for their 250,000 CFA franc computer allowances. The federation is calling on students not to complete assignments until their situation is resolved.

Indeed, first-semester assessments are scheduled to begin this Wednesday, November 4, 2026, for first-year undergraduate students in the MAI program. Faced with this situation, the national student federation has expressed its deep concern. "It is unfair to demand identical academic performance from students when their learning conditions are not the same," reads the federation's statement.

Thus, the FNE-UNCHK makes four main demands: the postponement of assessments until the situation of the students concerned is regularized, the publication of a precise schedule for the payment of the 1,109 grants, the guarantee that no student will be sanctioned for their lack of computer equipment and the urgent opening of a framework for consultation with the competent authorities.

It also demands the immediate suspension of all forms of assessment for the 13th graduating class until further notice. It also calls on all affected students not to complete their assigned work.

While clarifying that it does not oppose the normal course of the academic year, the student organization insists on the need to guarantee equal opportunities for all students. "These grants are not a favor, but an essential means to allow students to properly pursue their online training," it emphasizes, before stressing: "1,109 students are waiting for their grants. Their academic future can no longer wait."