The Ashanti monarch and Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Otumfuo Osei Tutu will today visit the beleaguered university in an attempt to resolve the impasse that has led to a shutdown of the school. … Read more →
FOLLOWING the dissolution and an order from the government asking the vice-chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Professor Obiri Danso to step aside earlier in the day, members of the Senior Staff Association, the Ghana … Read more →
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is expected to re-open on November 8, for normal academic work to resume, the Information Ministry has said. The government on October 22, closed down the University indefinitely following riots by … Read more →
The government has asked the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, to take steps to reconstitute a new Governing Council in accordance with the institution’s relevant statutes and laws. This … Read more →
The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Monday went on a procession campus to kick against the dissolution of the University Governing Council. The council was last week dissolved by government following … Read more →
The Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, has been asked to recuse himself, the deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has confirmed. Dr. Adutwum in an interview on morning Starr … Read more →
Lecturers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have declared an indefinite strike effective Friday following recent happenings at the university. According to the lecturers, they are displeased with government’s dissolution of the governing council and the subsequent inauguration … Read more →
Following meetings between the government, authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and other stakeholders over the recent violent protest by students, the Governing Council of the university has been dissolved. A statement from the government on Thursday, … Read more →
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has condemned the destruction of property by students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) during Monday’s protest. The university administration block, hospital, printing press, the Office of Dean of Students … Read more →
Three political parties have described the recent disturbances at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as largely avoidable if the authorities of the school had exercised some discretion and maturity in the handling of the issues. They have, … Read more →