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KNUST turns
away two-thirds of applicants due to inadequate lecturers,
others
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Only one-third of applicants who applied to enter the Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for the
2009-2010 academic year were offered admission due to
inadequate lecturers and facilities.
Authorities have expressed worry about the situation but say
the trend is likely to continue for some time as funds are
not in sight to help reverse the situation.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Kwafo
Adarkwah says already the lecturer/student ratio is way
beyond the university’s own standards.
He laments that despite a large tract of land available for
expansion to meet the growing number of prospective students
the university is constrained by funding.
He told Luv FM, a Kumasi based radio station that the
university was liaising with other private universities to
stem the tide.
As part of these efforts the university has entered into an
agreement with Ghana Telecom and Data Link universities to
absorb some of the applicants.
According to Prof. Adarkwa, another agreement which will see
the campus of the Ghana Law School established on the KNUST
campus to solve the perennial quota system has been reached.
Ghanadot
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