The finest university in Ghana right now is Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, which is the goal of every Ghanaian who wants to pursue a degree there.One must complete a four-year curriculum at KNUST in order to earn a degree as an undergraduate. In this publication, we’ll go over how to finish your four-year program in less than four years, in KNUST. Stick to this publication to the
One cardinal goal of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is to assist students to become more competent, purposeful and ethical through a teaching and learning environment, which respects the dignity of all.
Rustication and Dismissal , two keywords to help you achieve the above topic,How to Get a Degree in Less Than 4 Years In KNUST. Some students were forced to complete their four year KNUST degree last year after Conti-Katanga Clash.
All students are considered to be on probation for the entire period of their programme of study, and may be withdrawn at any time for unsatisfactory academic work or misconduct.
Below are conducts that can assist students on How to Get a Degree in Less Than 4 Years In KNUST.And don’t forget that, the University has a general disciplinary authority over all students.
Misconduct
It shall be misconduct for any student:
- To be absent from the campus without permission from the appropriate authority or reasonable excuse. For legal purposes, when the university is in session, students in their own interest are to sign in and out voluntarily in a log book at their Hall Assistants’ offices at their residences including the hostels when they leave/return to campus for places in and around Kumasi.
a) When students travel outside Kumasi, they shall write to seek permission from the Dean of Students for social purposes well ahead of time. However, for academic purposes, students shall do same from their Provost. All group travel needs a signed list to accompany the request for permission.
b) All international travels can only be approved through the hierarchy by the Vice-Chancellor. - To indulge or to be involved in anything deemed as an anti-social activity by the university while in residence or outside the campus which tends to bring the name of the university into disrepute. Such activities that may warrant misconduct may include but not limited to the following which are banned
i) Possession of Fire Arms and any offensive weapons
ii) Smoking in all public or communal places of the university. Such places include cubicles in
halls and hostels, in and around the Halls of Residence, Lecture Theatres, and Classrooms.
iii) To sell and consume of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes. It is a criminal offence under the laws of Ghana and invariably a breach of University Regulations to indulge in the manufacture, sale, distribution and use of narcotic and illicit drugs. It may include heroin, marijuana (“wee”), and cocaine.
iv) Ponding of all forms.
v) Indecent Exposure: The act of exposing any private part of the body especially the genitals, publicly or any lewd act is prohibited. This includes any legal procession in which such nakedness is exhibited. These acts both anti-social and reprehensible and thus proscribed.
To sub-let rooms in the Hall of Residence and hostels. For legal purposes, the university in an emergency should be able to match the occupants of a room to the names in the record book. Therefore, sub letting of rooms in the Halls of Residence and hostels is illegal. Rooms can only be swapped under authorisation from the residential authorities.
Conducts Generally Prohibited
The general categories of prohibited behaviour include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. Acts of dishonesty, including but not limited to the following:
i. Cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty.
ii. Furnishing false information to any university official, faculty member or office.
iii. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any university document, record, or instrument of identification.
iv. Tampering with the election of any university recognized student organization.
B. Disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, office work, meetings and other university activities, including its public-service functions on or off campus, or other authorized non–university activities when the act occurs on the university premises.
C. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, coercion and-any other conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person or member of the university community.
D. Attempted or actual stealing of or damage to property of the university or property of a member of the university community or other private or public property.
E. Hazing(an act which endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which destroys or removes public or private property, for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a group or organization). Hazing also applies to the voluntary or coerced use of narcotics, which is illegal under the laws of Ghana, for personal or group recreation.
F. Failure to comply with directions of university officials or law enforcement officers acting in performance of their duties or failure to identify oneself to these persons when requested to do so.
G. Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys to any university premises or unauthorized entry to or use of university premises.
H. Violation of publication policies, rules or regulations of the university.
I. Violation of any law of Ghana on university premises or at university sponsored or supervised activities.
J. Campus demonstration, procession or massing up, without prior approval, whether or not it disrupts the normal operations of the university and infringes on the rights of other members of the university community; leading or inciting others to disrupt scheduled and normal activities within any campus building or area; and intentional obstruction which unreasonably interferes with freedom of movement, either pedestrian or vehicular, on campus.
K. Obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on university premises or at university sponsored or supervised functions.
L. Theft or other abuse of computer or smartphone time, including but not limited to:
i. Unauthorized entry into a file to use, read or change the contents, or for any other purpose.
ii. Unauthorized transfer of a file.
iii. Unauthorized use of another individual’s identification and password.
iv. Use of such facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty member or University Official.
v. Use of such facilities to send obscene or abusive messages.
vi. Use of such facilities to interfere with normal operation of the university computing system.
M. Acts of sexual misconduct including but not limited to rape or prostitution or soliciting for sex or sexual harassment or indecent exposure.
N. The use of profane or obscene language on the university premises or at any university sponsored or supervised function.
O. Disobedience or refusal to comply with any lawful directive or decision of a body of the university.
P. Acts or statements that incite or are likely to incite and unduly raise ethnic sentiments among members of the university community.
Q. Giving the recent spate of embezzlement, no recognized or statutory student organization from college to programme levels will be allowed to be a signatory to its accounts. All such cheques will be signed by the Head of Departments and the relevant college accountant.
Jurisdiction of the University
Generally, the university’s jurisdiction and discipline shall extend but is not limited to conduct which occurs on the university’s premises or which adversely affects the university’s community or brings the name of the university into disrepute or adversely affects the pursuit of its objectives.
Appeal
i. Any student who is aggrieved of any disciplinary action against him/her may appeal to the Vice-Chancellor within twenty-one (21) days upon the receipt of the notice of the punishment.
ii. The Vice-Chancellor, upon receipt of the appeal may review the punishment, by taking into consideration the circumstances of the case within one (1) month of receiving the appeal. The Decision of the Vice Chancellor shall formally be communicated to the appellant.
Offences Against the State
Where a student is commits an offence against the state and is charged by the state for violation of national laws committed either on or off campus, the university will not request or agree to special consideration for that individual because of his or her status as a student. The university as does not endorse criminal offences perpetuated by its students and therefore will not shield students from facing the full rigours of the law.