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The Rector of the school, Dr Wilberforce Dzisah gave this warning in his address at the matriculation ceremony to induct newly admitted students for the 2016/2017 academic year. "No shorts or miniskirts are to be worn for lectures. Clothes which expose your vital parts shall not be entertained,” he warned the fresh men and women.  According to him, management of the school noticed that indecent dressing among students especially the ladies is on the increase and added that  this warning goes to all students including continuing students. He  warned that anyone who refuse to comply with this directive would be sanctioned. “Management will apply sanctions with regards to any violations of these directives,” he added. Dr Dzisah reminded the fresh men and women that the primary aim of every students was to study and successfully complete their prescribed academic programmes and that such provocative clothing had the tendency to sway them off their focus. ...

The admission of the first batch of students into the Kumasi Technical University has stalled as hackers cause the school’s official website and admission portal to shut down. The two systems of the school, formerly Kumasi Polytechnic, have been down for two months, making it impossible for prospective local and international students to access it for download of registration forms, prospectuses, fee payments and general information. Authorities say the cyber criminals are demanding money as a condition for restoring the system. Kumasi Polytechnic is one of the first six polytechnics to be converted into technical universities. Vice-chancellor, Professor Nsowah-Nuamah, revealed this at the 3 rd  International Conference on Applied Science and Technology in Kumasi. “Hacking into the website of organisations and institutions have become the order of the day and Kumasi Polytechnic has been a victim of this menace. For the past two months or so, our website has been...

According to the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Ghana, Management of the university has decided to scale down the minimum percentage of fees payable by students from 70% to a minimum of 60% for the 2016/2017 academic year. In previous years, students were required to pay a minimum of 70% of their fees before they can register for the academic year.  In a release signed by the executives of the SRC, a minimum of 60% fees has been approved for regular students while a minimum of 50% for Fee-paying and Foreign students. However, the Council noted that regular students who may have special problems with regards to meeting the 60% minimum can report to the SRC for special consideration. The next academic year starts on Wednesday, 17 th August, 2016. Read Full Release below: THE STUDENTS’ REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON Tuesday, 26th July 2016 SUBJECT: MODALITIES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SCHEDUL...

1.    Too much fun at the expense of classes and grades     2.    A sense of not belonging; a sense of isolation, homesickness     3.    Academically unprepared; burned-out on education      4.   Financial constraints; low on funds      5.   Personal family issues      6.   Academic climate/fit     7.    Choice of wrong major; major not offered     8.    Lack of advising, guidance      9.   Demands from part-time or full-time employment     10.   Move to a different geographic location   Source: A variety of college institutional research sources  

A PETITION TO MANAGEMENT OF KOFORIDUA POLYTECHNIC FOR A REDUCTION OF     FEES FOR THE 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR.   We the students of Koforidua polytechnic are indeed worried about the release of fees scheduled for the 2016/2017 academic year as a result of its increment of more than 70%. This emphasises the belief that tertiary education is becoming an exclusive preserve of the middle class and wealthy.  We have observed a sharp increment of the tuition fees from Gh¢ 150.00 to Gh¢300.00 and Matriculation fees from Gh¢40.00 to Gh¢92.00 for first year students. There is an introduction of SRC Reprographic fees which student have no idea about. Management must explain to us why final year students are to pay industrial attachment fee.  Again, most of the items on fees structure are questionable and their relevance are never felt throughout our stay on campus.  The increment is very outrageous and we plead for a total reduction. This inc...

Legon Elections 2016….. the Exclusive Recap!! The streets of Legon Campus, University of Ghana, are relatively silent at this time of the year. One may almost assume that the past semester was a dull one. It is even easy to mistaken that these grounds of stress bare no fun. Well, think again! Barely a month ago, Legon campus was the place to be. Forget about national elections, the UG-SRC polls had all the factors and more (Suspense, propaganda, tensions and all the legal drama you could think of). When students arrived for the Second Semester of the academic year (spanning February to May 2016), they already had fair idea of the players and proceedings regarding SRC Elections 2016.  Candidates vying for the Presidency, Secretary, and Treasurer posts had stormed lecture rooms, residential places and almost all platforms possible to get their messages across. The various teams especially for the presidency had begun to sound all too familiar (Team Shaki, Team W...

                                    KOFORIDUA POLY SRC AWARDS   16 Event powerhouse Lumen Entertainment , has finally unveiled Koforidua Polytechnic SRC Awards 2016 held at the school premises. The unveiling saw students from different faculties gathered at their school Hall to witness the launching of the awards and nominees. Addressing the student SRC President Asiedu Prince said “the SRC committee is happy to announce that Lumen Entertainment has financed the maiden event of the K’DUA Poly Awards 2016”. He added that Student Representative Council (SRC) initiated this awards which seeks to recognize effort students exhibit their God given talent which will bag them awards on the night. “…this is the maiden edition of the awards and we will encourage every student to partake in this good course to help promote this award to reach it apex, so that next aca...