Everything we know about the 6000 KNUST students asked to defer their courses: Over 6000 students, or about 8% of the 85,256 students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have had to defer their courses due to non-payment of school fees, according to university regulations.
The KNUST Academic Board postponed the students’ programs due to the nonpayment of academic user fees.
The institution moved the payment deadline from March 21, 2022, to April 11, 2022, earlier this year to give students more time to pay.
However, as of last week, when mid-semester exams began, over 6000 students had broken their vows made in response to an earlier request.
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On Tuesday afternoon, some students began getting notifications from the university administration informing them that they had been postponed owing to their inability to satisfy the KNUST fees Credit and Debt Management Policy’s minimum standards.
“Dear student, your programme has been deferred as you have not met the minimum requirement of the KNUST fees Credit and Debt Management Policy. Thank you,” one of the messages, a copy of which has been pasted below read.
On Wednesday [April 20, 2022], Dr. Daniel Norris Bekoe, KNUST’s University Relations Officer, told Graphic Online that the university was aware that some of the affected students had invested their fees in a variety of businesses, including online hailing taxi services, and had yet to recoup their investment and make payment.
Some groups of students from the local Ayeduase community have invested in bakery services to help them pay for their schooling according to Graphic Online
“Recently, a pastor called after learning of the deadline to confirm whether a specific student [church member] had paid, but a check revealed that he had spent the money,” the URO told Graphic Online.
He went on to say that the severity of the situation was such that a number of students were using their fees to wager online, particularly on the English Premier League (EPL), and that the majority of them were losing money.
“The university’s requirements are clear, and they can only return next academic year if they can fulfill their obligations,” he said.
