The university affiliated to KNUST has not reopened for nearly 2 years; no explanation to students

General News on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-01-16

The African Institute for Sanitation and Waste Management, affiliated with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in Adjiringanor, Greater Accra Region, abruptly halted all its programs and put in place a break, which lasts for two years.

The situation leaves the fate of about 200 students to the extent that they have been asked to take a break of only nine months in their studies and has not been recalled since.

The students say that the directive asking them to take a break was without explanation.

According to a student representative, they were summoned to a mid-break meeting and badured that they would be recalled, but that this never happened.

At this meeting, they also learned that KNUST had not renewed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute on which it had the mandate to admit students for various programs. Master of Science.

Students claim to have paid fees varying between GH? 9000 and GH? 18,000 without going through the full academic calendar and that every effort to get the authorities to hear their fate has given no results.

Students therefore call the Vice Chancellor of KNUST and the Minister of Education to intervene.

TV3's attempts to get answers did not go very far, as one of the school's Vanessa asked the press team to speak with a KNAM teacher from KNUST.

But when he was contacted by telephone, KNUST's teacher was reluctant to speak, questioning his interest in the issue.

Context

The KNUST African Waste Management and Remediation Institute in Accra is a partnership between the Zoomlion group of companies and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

The Institute was established in 2013 to bridge the development gap in waste management through research, development and training.

It also aimed to equip students with the skills needed to promote a cleaner, greener and healthier environment through excellence in waste management.

The school, which is affiliated with KNUST, runs master's programs in environmental sciences and water resources, a master's degree in civil and mechanical engineering, a master's or master's degree in environment and public health.