General News of Thursday, 25 October 2018Source: classfmonline.comStop treating KNUST students like kids - Afriyie AnkrahElvis Afriyie Ankrah, former Youth and Sports MinisterFormer Minister of Youth and Sports, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has entreated the management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to desist from treating students like children. According to him, individuals enrolled for undergraduate and graduate programmes at the public universities are adults and, so, the school authorities must relate to them as such. Mr Afriyie Ankrah was reacting to the recent shutdown of KNUST after students rioted and vandalised cars and property in protest to certain policies and directives imposed on them by the school authorities. The arrest and manhandling of some students sparked a demonstration on Monday, 22 October which degenerated into chaos. He said he wishes that “we go to the basics where student leaders and school authorities work together as stakeholders in the management of our higher institutions.

Source: GhanaWeb October 24, 2018 18:22 UTC