KsTu Denies Sacking 2,000 Students Over Fees

The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) has issued a disclaimer against the dismissal of over 2,000 students for defaulting in the payment of their fees and its resultant effect of alleged tension in the school.

In a statement, the University’s Public Relations Department said the publication by the media is inaccurate.

“The University wants to state that no student has been sacked…There is no tension on campus.”

It explained, “Rather, students who have not registered for the Second Semester of the 2022/2023 Academic Year, were asked to defer their programmes for that semester after the university made several concessions to get all students to register.”

According to the University, the deadline for the registration was extended five times after the original date on May 29, however, 648 students were found at fault at the end of the last deadline which was August 7.

Per its regulations, students who defaulted in the registration are to be withdrawn from the University but the Academic Board considered several factors and asked the affected students to defer their programmes rather, the statement said.

“We again entreat the media houses to note that the decision by the Academic Board for students to defer their programmes was based on Non-Registration and not the issue of payment of fees.

“We also want to state that, there is no tension on campus as over 11,000 students who registered for the Second Semester of the 2022/2023 Academic Year are comfortably writing their examinations without any difficulty. The examinations will end next week.”