K'dua Poly authorities to eject students from GETFund hostel

Authorities of Koforidua Polytechnic are threatening to forcibly eject some 440 students occupying the GETFund hostel by July 30 2011, to make way for some Pastors of the Methodist Church Ghana to occupy it during a four day conference.

This development, according to some of the students is not fair and untimely, and will put unnecessary burden especially on the final year students as they are preparing their project report.

Authorities however insist that the students should move out of the facility or pay Two Cedis per day for a maximum of two weeks if they wish to occupy their respective rooms after the July 30 deadline.

Meanwhile, some of the students wrote their last examination paper on 29th June 2011, leaving them with very little time to move out. Some of the final year students insist that since Project Work forms part of the curricula, they should have be allowed at least three weeks stay, as it has been the usual practice over the years.

Investigations into the matter have revealed that the authorities have hired out the facility to the Methodist Church for GHC1, 000, hence the need to make the place vacant for the Pastors to lodge there for the said conference.

The Koforidua Polytechnic GETFund Hostel currently houses 440 students, out of which 74 are in their final year preparing for their project reports.

Story by Benjamin Henaku.