knust staff and student housing
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A PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF &
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
ON KNUST CAMPUS
Prof. Mohammed Salifu on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, KNUST
PROFILE OF THE KNUST
Established 1951
-Higher education with special reference to S&T and to spur on Ghana’s technological development
-Student population 31,000 (2012) from 28,949 (2011)
-University operates Six (6) Halls of Residence
-Organized in Six (6) Colleges CANR, CoS, CAP, CoE, CASS, CHS
STUDENT POPULATION AND ENROLMENT
Total Number of students, 2008, 24188
Total Number of students, 2009, 24695
Total Number of students, 2010, 26302
Total Number of students, 2011, 28949
Total Number of students, 2012, 31189
Newly Admitted, 2008, 8421
Newly Admitted, 2009, 9298
Newly Admitted, 2010, 12407
Newly Admitted, 2011, 13940
Newly Admitted, 2012, 14470
y = 1825.6x + 21588 R² = 0.9513
y = 1674x + 6685.2 R² = 0.9432
Student Population and Enrolment
Total Number of students
Newly Admitted
Linear (Total Number of students)
Linear (Newly Admitted)
Nearly 17,000
admitted this year
(2013) alone
STUDENT POPULATION AND ENROLMENT
Rapid student enrolment and population
growth since inception has created huge
challenge with accommodation
Six Halls of Residence + Annexes, GUSS
Hostels accommodate less than 1 in 3
students
TRENDS IN ACCOMMODATION
PROVISION
No. of Students accommodated in
KNUST halls, 2008,
3915
No. of Students accommodated in
KNUST halls, 2009,
7233
No. of Students accommodated in
KNUST halls, 2010,
7509
No. of Students accommodated in
KNUST halls, 2011,
7254
No. students not accommodated in
KUNST halls, 2008,
20273 No. students not accommodated in
KUNST halls, 2009,
17462
No. students not accommodated in
KUNST halls, 2010,
18793
No. students not accommodated in
KUNST halls, 2011,
21693
No. of Students accommodated in KNUST halls No. students not accommodated in KUNST halls
NEED FOR INVESTMENT IN HOSTELS •Nature of core mandated programmes require residence
and practical work at on-site laboratories
•Traditional Halls of Residence+Annexes and GUSS
Hostels accommodate only 1 in 3. About 1700 rooms,
originally intended as single occupancy now take 4
students per room
•Rapidly increasing number of students/enrolment.
Number currently is about 35,000 with 17,000 enrolled in
2013 alone
•More than 2 in 3 students stay in hostels around the
campus; many of which are substandard, expensive and
pose serious security problems
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOSTEL INVESTMENT
No. of international
students,
2008, 736
No. of international
students,
2009, 733
No. of international
students,
2010, 838
No. of international
students,
2011, 1035
No. of international
students,
2012, 1263
No. of fee paying
students,
2008, 2986
No. of fee paying
students,
2009, 2931
No. of fee paying
students,
2010, 2810
No. of fee paying
students,
2011, 3249 No. of fee
paying students,
2012, 2728
No. of internationalstudents
No. of fee payingstudents
1. Number of Fee-paying
local and International
Students increasing
rapidly
2. Vast land available,
approx. 18 acres; 7-
storey buildings units
required (3500 beds)
3. University committed
to PPP arrangement
to push this agenda
4. Examples exist on-
campus already for
such collaboration
STAFF POPULATION PROFILE
2010, senior members, 882
2010, senior staff, 834
2010, junior staff, 1593
2012, senior members, 1010
2012, senior staff, 992
2012, junior staff, 1696
Staff Population 2010 2012
18.9%
6.4%
14.5%
In 2012:
3698 Staff
- 1,010 Senior
Members
- 992 Senior Staff
- 1696 Junior Staff
PROVISION OF STAFF ACCOMMODATION
Senior Members Senior staff Junior staff
No with acc 274 92 300
no. without acc 736 1604 1396
Staff Accommodation (Housed Vs Unhoused)
27.1% 5.4% 17.7%
NEED FOR INVESTMENT IN STAFF HOUSING
• Huge Majority of Staff not Housed on Campus
•>70% of Senior Members
•>90% of Senior Staff
•>80% of Junior Staff
•Off-campus housing fraught with serious
challenges
•Armed robbery/other security threats
•Rental expensive, arbitrary, may not be good
•Staff have restricted work schedule
•Increasing Staff numbers
•University cannot invest because resources are
constrained
OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN
STAFF HOUSING
•Staff housing is one of key priorities of the
KNUST
•Vast lands available for development
•15 acres Site A (Okodee Rd, 25 units of 4-
storey apartment
•55 acres Site B (Allotey Konua-RNR) 80
units of 4 storey apartments
•University provides rent subsidy in the range
40%-50% of staff’s basic salary
OUR CONTACTS
The Registrar
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology, PMB, University Post Office
Kumasi
Email: [email protected]
Or
Centre for Business Development
Vice Chancellor’s Office
KNUST
THANK YOU