The African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM) has rated the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology as a good quality institution.
AQRM Rates KNUST As Good Quality
The African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM) has rated the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology as a good quality institution. Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso revealed this in his maiden State of the University address to Convocation. He said the KNUST invited the AQRM team to assess the University’s systems and procedures, which included inspection of learning facilities, evaluation of the quality of infrastructure and material resources, the quality of student’s support services and overall academic staff profile.
The Vice-Chancellor stated that, at the end of the exercise, the AQRM Team highly commended the Institution for voluntarily subjecting itself to the test by that deed. This he said made KNUST automatically a role model for West Africa and Ghanaian universities.
Professor Obiri Danso said KNUST is currently working very hard on other policy documents which will help boost its current rating and brand. The National Accreditation Board also visited KNUST as part of a five-year cyclical institutional visit.
The Vice-Chancellor used the occasion to also inform Members of Convocation that the seed capital of ₵100,000 for the KNUST Research Fund (KreF) has been increased to ₵500,000. He also reported that grants to the University increased from $58,678,971.41 in 2016 to $66,212,969 in 2017, with current grant amounting to $1,469,542 as at March, 2018. He commended researchers and encouraged them to apply for more grants to spearhead research in the University and Ghana.