The Kumasi Polytechnic would from next academic year start degree programmes in Petrochemical Engineering and four other areas of study, Professor Nicholas Nsowaah-Nuamah, the Rector, said. These include Nursing, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Laboratory Science and Industrial Laboratory.

A Canadian academic has urged the management of Kumasi Polytechnic to pay attention to the abysmal time management culture that is affecting the institution. Professor Joseph Apaloo, who spent eight weeks at the Kumasi Polytechnic as Visiting Professor said, even though the Polytechnic has tremendous potential for growth and success, the pervasive lack of time management at all levels could affect the fortunes of the institution if not checked.

The Kumasi Polytechnic (K-Poly) has been admitted into the Association of African Universities (AAU) as a full member, with effect from July 1, 2011. K-Poly becomes the 264th member and the second Polytechnic in Africa, after the Polytechnic of Namibian, to be accepted by the AAU as a full member. The AAU was formed in 1967 represents 264 elite tertiary institutions in 44 African countries and has the vision of being the representative voice of the African higher...

The Kumasi Polytechnic has a new faculty, the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, which is to provide specialized manpower training for the health sector. The new faculty will also train Laboratory Technicians, Dispensing Technologists, Nursing and other health related professionals.

Two visiting Canadian Professors Prof. Joseph Apaloo (left) and Prof. Benjamin Simpson (right) have arrived at the Kumasi Polytechnic to provide training programmes with the view to building the capacity of staff of the polytechnic. Professor Simpson of the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University (MacDonald Campus) and Professor Apaloo from the St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, will be Visiting Professors of K-Poly.

Professor Nicholas Nicodemus Nana Nsowah-Nuamah, was inducted into office as Rector of the Kumasi Polytechnic at a ceremony held at the Great Hall of the school. He was a senior research fellow, at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Legon. He succeeds Dr Benjamin Kwesi Prah.