Education Ministry orders UG to comply with approved 15% fee increment

Minister of Education, Yaw Adutwum has ordered the University of Ghana to comply with the 15 percent fee increment as approved by Parliament.

The directive comes after a meeting with the management of some public universities, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) on Thursday, January 5, 2023, over agitations against increment of fees.

The meeting comes on the back of accusations by the student body that some public universities had increased their fees beyond the 15 percent threshold approved by Parliament.

However, the management of UG has justified its decision to increase fees.

Speaking to the media after the meeting, the Education Minister said the universities have all resolved to abide by the 15 percent as mandated by Parliament.

“You have heard from our great university about steps that they have taken in cases where the fees were over 15 percent. They are doing refunds. They want to live within the 15 percent as mandated by Parliament.”

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awandare, had blamed the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) for the confusion that surrounded the increment in the facility user fees by the university.

Explaining the current increment which has created some furore among students and parents, Professor Awandare argued that nothing illegal had been done by the management of the university adding that GTEC got its explanation wrong in its earlier statement on the increment.

-citinewsroom