Member of Parliament for the Ledzokuku Constituency has mounted a strong defence against the conversion of male and female halls at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) into mixed halls.
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Dr Bernard Oko-Boye is irked by the university’s decision to convert the previously single-sex halls, popularly known as Katanga and Unity into mixed hall.
“I don’t know why some of our professors don’t read history; the exposure and experience in these halls can never be taught in any lecture room,” he stated on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Thursday.
KNUST authorities in January 2018, revealed plans to convert the two halls into mixed halls. They argue that they want to assign female students to the halls in order to accommodate their increasing number of female students.
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This among other alleged abuses triggered a demonstration in the school on Monday, October 22, 2018
The students of the university destroyed school property in a protest to demand fair treatment from campus security guards.
The incident led to a curfew, followed by the indefinite closure of the school.
Some politicians and old students, especially alumni of Katanga hall have blamed the Vice-Chancellor Professor Obiri Danso for the incident, asking that he steps down.
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Commenting on the issue, Hon. Oko-Boye said the tyranny in the school triggered the violent response from the students.
In his view, pushing an unpopular law down the throat of students is a sign of intimidation by the university authority.
The Ledzokuku MP who was at Unity hall while at KNUST said there is a growing culture of silence in the two halls and students who challenge the authorities are victimized.
Hon. Oko-Boye stressed that the “university is the incubator for modern society” thus authorities must use “superior brain power” when engaging with students.
