Late lectures force students to drop extra curricular activities

Lectures held late in the evening make it impossible for students to engage in extracurricular activities, according to voluntary organisations who say the current university system is forcing students to drop all their commitments or risk failing courses.
Students who enjoyed doing voluntary work would often be forced to drop everything once they make it to university, due to an unpredictable timetable system, members of the Żgħażagħ Azzjoni Kattolika, or ŻAK, the Malta Girl Guides and the Scout Association claim. The groups have joined forces to address the issue they say has been a problem for years.
“Semester after semester we face the same problem. Students have lectures from 8am to 8pm, with little or no time to do anything else,” Sarah Caruana, a ŻAK group leader told this newspaper.
The groups decided to come together after a first-year student from the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy had to abandon her role as ŻAK group leader after learning she would be having lectures until 8pm on Wednesday.

For over a year, the student had served as the leader to a group of 14-year-olds, helping them develop social skills and supporting them through adolescence, Ms...