Institutional development · Facilities and campus development · Ghana
KNUST medical school commissions renovated 350-seat hall at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
The School of Medical Sciences at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has commissioned a renovated 350-seat lecture hall for medical students at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital campus.
Why it matters: Medical students at KNUST's School of Medical Sciences gain a renovated 350-seat lecture hall as the university returns to its traditional academic calendar.
According to the university, the School of Medical Sciences at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi has commissioned the renovated GETFund Lecture Hall, which seats 350, at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) campus to improve teaching and learning for medical students.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Christian Agyare commissioned the hall, assisted by Professor Fred Stephen Sarfo, Provost of the College of Health Sciences, and Professor Akwasi Antwi-Kusi, Dean of the School of Medical Sciences, the university reported.
Professor Agyare thanked the alumni association for what he called a timely intervention, saying it addressed rising demand for lecture space as student numbers grow.
He said the renovation mattered especially as the university returns to its traditional academic calendar, which he said could add pressure on teaching facilities, and he urged students and school management to use and maintain the hall properly.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
Medical students and managers at KNUST's School of Medical Sciences now have a renovated 350-seat lecture hall at the KATH campus; if the return to the traditional academic calendar increases pressure on teaching space, as the vice-chancellor said it could, the school will rely on students and management to use and maintain the hall properly, as he urged.
