It has been a trajectory for private hostel managers to exploit students by skyrocketing hostel prices. The school management also have relented on this canker without any necessary ramifications. This absurdity in the exorbitant prices have become unbearable for students and parents whenever new academic year is about to begin.
In every academic year, parents are served with throat cutting hostel fees which does not capitalize with the services they render to the students. Hostel managers hide behind bills and taxes they pay to government to inflate prices which are a pain in the neck.
The ever growing student population have created a scene for hostel managers to marginalize on students since few hostels are in existence to meet the growing number. Due to the limited number, it has been a struggle for most students only to choose between the devil and the deep blue sea.
The displeasure on the part of students and parents which raised a lot of issue and concern for the school management and the stakeholders to have interest and also end the annual increase has proven to be futile. Parent's toil and moil only serve their wards with a single room which nevertheless doesn't cater for utility bills. Nothing has been done for the ordinary student who can not withstand the inflated prices. For this reason, student rather secure hostels which are far and sometimes poses security threat to their lives which again add cost to their transportation.
Student leaders and activists have made an attempt to petition the school management on the enormous hostel fees which experience ripple effect when there is sudden increment on the GUSSS HOSTEL for necessary intervention. This thread has become a culture wherein various letters and petitions are rush into the office of the Dean of Students.
Although the hostels are not managed by the university but it can be understood that the intervention of the school management will mean a lot than our unheard voice. We do respect and appreciate the general rules that is governing demand and supply and also it effect. However, the annual exponential increase abuse the said rules.
This trend is said to be a virus which needs to be treated because it slowly kills the mind and soul. Meanwhile the COVID-19 has already weakened the financial grounds of many parents. This is an inclusive call for the school management and the general public to have interest and place a cap on the hostel prices.
Owusu Ansah Prince KNUST 0501103808
Below are some selected hostels with their prices and also includes the GUSSS hostel prices from 2018/2019-2020/2021 academic year
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