Authorities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have assured international students of plans to build accommodation facilities to cater for their needs in the school.
Universities generally in Ghana have been facing challenges associated with access to accommodation facilities.
Although there are some facilities particularly at the GUSS Hostels (Brunei) at KNUST that are usually allocated to international students, the University management wants to establish an international centre that will function as an international students hostel to augment the needs of international students.
This according to the University, is to ensure that international students at KNUST have a fruitful stay while on campus.
This was disclosed by the Acting Dean of International Programmes, Prof. Daniel Y. A Duah during an interactive session the University organised for international students of the University to welcome freshmen dubbed ‘Akwaaba Night’.
Currently, KNUST has over seven hundred (700) international students from over fifteen (15) countries.
Some of the countries include; Nigeria, Cameroon, United Kingdom (UK), France, Germany, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, Guinea and Gambia.
The University also has two hundred and seventeen (217) active Memorandums of Understanding with its partners.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson, on her part, stressed that the University will do everything possible to make international students feel at home in Ghana.
“You decided to be educated in the Kingdom of the Golden Stool; never forget that you are not alone. KNUST will make you feel like you’re at home”.
She further assured them of the University’s support throughout their stay at the University.
As part of plans to make international students feel at home, the KNUST Vice Chancellor has tasked the International Programmes Office to organise a “Pot Lab” in which students and representatives from each country would produce a dish for the public to sample.
Speaking to the students, the Dean of Students of KNUST, Prof. Wilson Agyare, urged them to visit his office in order to be given support services in relation to their welfare.
The president of the International Students Association at KNUST, Onyinye Okoli was excited following the University management’s decision to welcome the freshmen who have been given admission to study at the University this academic year.