KNUST Suspends Hall and SRC Week Celebration

By: Nutifafa BEQUINE

The council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have in a statement issued by the Office of the Registrar Friday, 26th August stating the decisions by the council to suspend hall and SRC week celebrations among other raft measures to curb student’s violence in the university community.

The statement also notes abolishment of Junior Common Room (JCS) system of the hall management.

Excerpts of the release reads;
“Council of the University at an Emergency Meeting held on Friday, 26th August, 2022 among others, discussed the report of a Fact-Finding Committee, constituted by the Executive Committee of the University, following the recent disturbances arising from the Hall Week Celebrations of the University Hall, and decided as follows:
With effect from the 2023/2024 Academic Year, the Junior Common Room (JCR) System of Hall Management by students, is ABOLISHED. This means there would be no students’ elections for hall executives. The existing governance structure comprising Hall Councils, Hall Masters and Senior Tutors, would continue to operate in the management of the affairs of the Halls. In addition, Hall fellows will be appointed and assigned to floors/blocks of the Halls to exercise direct supervision over matters affecting students, in the meantime, Hall week and SRC week Celebrations have been SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY.”

The statement further listed a number of disciplinary actions that will be enforced against any student that will participate in organizing “morale” and procession or caught harbouring.

Full statement:

Background:

Two weeks ago, students of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga and Unity Hall also known as Continental of KNUST clashed during a hall week celebration which resulted in the injury of some 12 persons and destruction property including 12 vehicles.