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KNUST to reopen on November 16

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh

The school was temporarily closed down on October 22, 2018, after a peaceful demonstration by students turned chaotic. The students destroyed properties worth GHS1.7 million on campus, in protest to the school’s “tyrannical” leadership style.

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Lectures will start on Monday (November 19, 2018). These developments come after a new Governing Council for the school was sworn in on Tuesday (November 13, 2018) by the Chancellor Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

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Even though Friday is the official reopening date, students can report to campus from Wednesday, 14 November 2018.

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This was disclosed shortly after the inauguration of the newly-reconstituted Governing Council.

The new Council agreed on the dates after a short meeting chaired by the Chancellor of KNUST, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Tuesday.

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Six new members are joining nine others on the council.

The same representatives from the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Prof E.K. Fokuo; the Tertiary Education Workers Union (TEWU), Mr Charles Arthur; and the Students Representative Council (SRC), Kevin Sah, will be on the new council.

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The Governing Council is made up of 15 members, four of whom are government representatives. A representative from the government chairs the council.

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh A feminist at heart and a lover of art. She loves to write on business, politics and health.

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