The management of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) says it has not sacked any student.

This follows media reports that some 2,000 students have been expelled due to delays in payment of their fees.

In a press statement clarifying the situation, management said, "Rather students who have not registered for the Second Semester of 2022/2023 Academic Year, were asked to defer their programmes for that
semester after the university made several concessions to get all students to register."

Management explained that per the academic calendar of the University, as approved by the Academic Board, the deadline for students to register was May 29, 2023.

However, the Management of the University noticed that despite an extension of the deadline to July, a significant number of students had not paid or registered.

"The Executives of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the University had a meeting with the University Management and pleaded again for the student’s registration to be extended. The plea was accepted, and the date was extended to July 28, 2023, by the University Management.

"Despite the Executives of the SRC setting a deadline of August 3, 2023, the University added a human face and formally ended course registration for students on August 7, 2023, when even the End-of-Second-Semester Examination had begun.

"After these many concessions, there are still 648 students who have not registered, as opposed to the 2,000 that some media houses had stated."

In view of this, the University’s Academic Board took the decision to ask the students to defer, and not the Chancellor, Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor.

Find the statement from management below: