Twelve students of Kumasi Polytechnic have been dismissed for indulging in examination malpractices during the first semester examination of the 2013/2014 academic year.
Currently, the school authorities are investigating the individual cases of those who were caught for the same offence during the second semester examination of the previous year for their punishment to be meted out to them according to the rules and regulations governing the polytechnic.
The Rector of the school, Prof. N. N. N. Nsowah-Nuamah, who disclosed this at the 22nd matriculation ceremony, said the action should serve as a warning to all students to not engage in any form of examination misconduct.
Four thousand, one hundred and ten students took the matriculation oath.
He cautioned that the polytechnic would not renege in the enforcement of its rules and regulations and advised the freshers to carefully read the students’ handbook given them, which he said contained information that would “enable you live happily, productively and responsibly within this enlightened community.”
He said that intellectual development, approached from the right direction could promote the development of the moral or ethical personality and urged the students to strive to acquire self-discipline.
Prof. Nsowah-Nuamah said for those who would be independent for the first time in their lives, they should ensure that they avoided alcoholism, unbridled sexual lives, offensive dressing, drug abuse and equally avoid uncouth behaviour such as abusive language, and stealing.
He made it clear to the students that the polytechnic community was a civilised one which frowned on those unacceptable behaviours and stated that those who wanted to be part of the community must not be found indulging in such unacceptable behaviours.
Matriculation is a statutory time-honoured academic ceremony at which students get inducted into an academic community. It is a rite of passage that legitimises the status of students of an academic institution.
It confers on the students certain academic and social rights and responsibilities which are spelt out in clear terms in the rules and regulations of the school, most of which are found in the students’ ha
